Meaning & origin
What it means
Human is a romanization of هومن. هومن goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-, meaning “good.”
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Where it comes from
Human is a romanization of هومن. هومن comes from Middle Persian, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
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Human’s family of names
In Persian usage, Human is a Roman-alphabet rendering of هومن.
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Nicknames & forms 2
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Spellings & scripts 1
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