Etymograph

English

subhumanity

From sub- + humanity.

Formed from sub- + humanity

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin hūmānus ‘human’

Latin hūmānitās ‘humaneness, humane conduct, philanthropy,…’

Old French humanité

Middle English humanyte ‘the condition or behaviour of humans’

English humanity

Today it means

noun The state or condition of being subhuman.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subhumanity”. 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.

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