humane
/hjuːˈmeɪn/ · adj
Meaning
- Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate.
- Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities, especially classical literature or rhetoric.
- Obsolete spelling of human.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English humain, humayne, from Old French humain, umain, from Latin hūmānus, from Latin homō (“man”). Cognate with Old English guma (“man”), whence the groom in English bridegroom.
- bridegroom(English)→
- guma(Old English)→
- homō(la)→
- hūmānus(la)→
- humain(fro)→
- humain(Middle English)→
- humane (English)
- Relations: inh, der, der, der, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- mensch(English) (cog)
- humaani(Finnish) (cog)
- humaaninen(Finnish) (cog)
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