• Question: Who first used the word human to describe us?

    Asked by simmonsy to Adam, Rob, Sheila, Suzie on 23 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
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      Robert Simpson answered on 23 Mar 2011:

      Didn’t know but looked this one up. Apparently the first recorded use of the word in is the 13th century and is comes from hummus (meaning, of the Earth) and the latin humanus or homo/hominis. The Term ‘human being’ came much later and is attributed to Samuel Johnson in the 1700s.

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      Sheila Kanani answered on 23 Mar 2011:

      Oooo great q. I’m not sure. It sounds like it would come from a latin word though.

    • Photo: Suzie Sheehy

      Suzie Sheehy answered on 23 Mar 2011:

      Actually I don’t know, maybe you can look it up and tell me?

    • Photo: Adam Tuff

      Adam Tuff answered on 23 Mar 2011:

      It’s a word that evolved from the Latin “Humanus”, so it probably came about from a combination of the French language, the latin language and other languages combining.

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