HUMAN
The English adjective human is a Middle English loanword from Old French humain, ultimately from Latin hūmānus,
the adjective form ofhomō "man". The
word's use as a noun (with a plural: humans)
dates to the 16th century. The native English
term man can refer to the
species generally (a synonym for mankind),
and could formerly refer to specific individuals of either sex. The latter use
is now obsolete. Generic uses of the
term "man" are declining, in favor of reserving it for referring
specifically to adult males. The word is from Proto-Germanic *mannaz, from a Proto-Indo-European (PIE) root *man-, a cognate to Sanskrit manu-
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