English
hombre
Hombre comes from Spanish hombre ‘man’, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ ‘human’, and perhaps ultimately from *dʰeǵʰ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeǵʰ-1uncertain
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéǵʰōm1‘earth’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰmṓ1‘human’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hemō1‘man’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhemō1
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhomō1‘human, person, man’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhominem1
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500omne1‘man’
- Spanishc. 1500–presenthombre1‘man’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1850hombre1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English hombre
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1850, Thomas Mayne Reid, A Group of Jarochos: “[W]e're glad to learn that the Yankee bullet has…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeǵʰ-Wiktionary, English hombreuncertain
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéǵʰōmWiktionary, English hombre‘earth’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰmṓWiktionary, English hombre‘human’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hemōWiktionary, English hombre‘man’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhemōWiktionary, English hombre
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhomōWiktionary, English hombre‘human, person, man’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhominemWiktionary, English hombre
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500omneWiktionary, English hombre‘man’
- Spanishc. 1500–presenthombreWiktionary, English hombre‘man’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1850hombreWiktionary, English hombre. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1850, Thomas Mayne Reid, A Group of Jarochos: “[W]e're glad to learn that the Yankee bullet has…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ ‘human’
through Proto-Italic *hemō ‘man’
inhumane, humanely, inhumanity, 7 more
through Latin hemō
humanity, humane, inhuman, humanoid, homophobia, 10 more
through Latin homō ‘human, person, man’
Today it means
noun A man, a chap, a guy; especially a Hispanic or Spanish man.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “hombre”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ- / hombre