英文词源
- human
- human: [14] Human comes via Old French humain from Latin hūmānus. Like homō ‘person’, this was related to Latin humus ‘earth’, and was used originally for ‘people’ in the sense ‘earthly beings’ (in contrast with the immortal gods). Humane is essentially the same word, and became established in the 18th century as a distinct spelling (and pronunciation) for two or three specific senses of human. Other English derivatives include humanism [19], humanity [14], and humanitarian [19].
=> humane, humble, humus - human (adj.)
- mid-15c., humain, humaigne, from Old French humain, umain (adj.) "of or belonging to man" (12c.), from Latin humanus "of man, human," also "humane, philanthropic, kind, gentle, polite; learned, refined, civilized," probably related to homo (genitive hominis) "man" (see homunculus) and to humus "earth," on notion of "earthly beings," as opposed to the gods (compare Hebrew adam "man," from adamah "ground"). Cognate with Old Lithuanian zmuo (accusative zmuni) "man, male person."
As a noun, from 1530s. Its Old English cognate guma (from Proto-Germanic *guman-) survives only in disguise in bridegroom. Related: Humanness. Human rights attested by 1680s; human being by 1690s. Human relations is from 1916; human resources attested by 1907, American English, apparently originally among social Christians and drawn from natural resources.
中文词源
human（人类）：“泥土造人”的神话传说
关于人类的起源，全世界都有很多“泥土造人”的神话传说。比如，在中国神话中，人类 是女娲用黄土捏成的。《圣经》上说，上帝用地上的尘土造人，将生气吹进他的鼻孔里，他就成了有生气的人，名字叫Adam，源自希伯来语adamah（地 面）。在希腊神话中，人类是普罗米修斯用泥土造成的。英语中表示“人类”的单词human就与此类神话传说相关。很多人认为，human的前一部分来自拉 丁语humus（泥土），表示“泥土所造的、地球上的生物”，与“神灵”相对。英语词根hum-也来自拉丁语humus（泥土），表示“泥土、潮湿”，含 有该词根的单词有：humble（谦卑的）、humid（潮湿的）、inhume（埋葬）。
human：['hjuːmən] n.人，人类adj.人的，人类的
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：human 词源，human 含义。
human：人，人的，人类的
来自拉丁语homo,人，来自homus,土，词源同humus,humble.比喻用法，即相比于神的永恒而言，人类如同尘土一般卑微的存在。参照《圣经》上帝造人或中国神话女娲造人的传说。该词本身为形容词，其名词词义人缩写自human being.
human：人的，人类的
来源于拉丁语形容词human.us(人类的)。
词根词缀： -hum-人类 + -an名词词尾