English
humanoid
Humanoid comes from Latin hūmānus ‘of or belonging to a man, human, humane’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhūmānus1‘of or belonging to a man, human, humane’
- Englishearliest quotation 1967humanoid1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English humanoid
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1967, Star Trek, The Alternative Factor: “That's how I came to be down there, Captain,…”.
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhūmānusWiktionary, English humanoid‘of or belonging to a man, human, humane’
- Englishearliest quotation 1967humanoidWiktionary, English humanoid. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1967, Star Trek, The Alternative Factor: “That's how I came to be down there, Captain,…”
Formed from human + -oid
Latin hūmānus ‘of man’
Old French humain
Middle French humain ‘human’
Middle English humaigne
English human
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ ‘human’
through Latin hemō
through Latin homō ‘human’
homo, homage, hombre, ombre, omi, inhumane, homunculus, hominin, inhumanity, 10 more
through Latin hūmānus ‘of or belonging to a man, human, humane’
Today it means
adj Having the appearance or characteristics of a human; being anthropomorphic under some criteria (physical, mental, genetical, ethological, ethical etc.).
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “humanoid”. 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 / Latin hūmānus / humanoid