英文词源
- humane (adj.)
- mid-15c., variant of human (compare german/germane, urban/urbane), used interchangeably with it until early 18c., by which time it had become a distinct word with sense of "having qualities befitting human beings." But inhuman still can be the opposite of humane. The Royal Humane Society (founded 1774) was originally to rescue drowning persons. Such societies had turned to animal care by late 19c.
中文词源
来自human的拼写变体，并于18世纪开始产生词义的差别。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：humane 词源，humane 含义。
词根词缀： -hum-人类 + -ane形容词词尾
