Etymograph

English

humanate

Humanate comes from Latin hūmanus ‘human’, and perhaps goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰmṓ1‘human’uncertain
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hemō2uncertain
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhemō2uncertain
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhomō1‘human’uncertain
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhūmanus3‘human’
  6. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEhūmanātus3
  7. Englishearliest quotation c. 1551humanate3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin humanus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin homo
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English humanate
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1551, Thomas Cranmer: “But of your saying it followeth, that the bread…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰmṓWiktionary, Latin humanus‘human’uncertain
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hemōWiktionary, Latin homouncertain
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhemōWiktionary, Latin homouncertain
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhomōWiktionary, Latin humanus‘human’uncertain
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhūmanusWiktionary, English humanate‘human’
  6. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEhūmanātusWiktionary, English humanate
  7. Englishearliest quotation c. 1551humanateWiktionary, English humanate. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1551, Thomas Cranmer: “But of your saying it followeth, that the bread…”

first attested First attested in 1551 (as stated in Wiktionary’s etymology)

The story

First attested in 1551; borrowed from Late Latin hūmanātus, from hūmanus + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ ‘human’

goon, 15 more

through Latin hemō

homophobia, 10 more

through Latin homō ‘human’

homo, homage, hombre, ombre, omi, inhumane, homunculus, hominin, inhumanity, 10 more

through Latin hūmanus ‘human’

inhuman, 7 more

Today it means

adj Imbued with humanity.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “humanate”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin humanus, Latin homo. 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 *ǵʰmṓ / humanate

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