humanity
English
/hjuˈmænɪti/
noun
Definitions
- Mankind; human beings as a group.
- The human condition or nature.
- The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.
- Any academic subject belonging to the humanities.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English humanyte derived from Old French humanité derived from Latin hūmānitās (human nature, also humane conduct, humanity).
Origin
Latin
hūmānitās
Gloss
human nature, also humane conduct, humanity
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antihumanitarian English
- antihumanity English
- humanitarian English
- humanitarianism English
- humanitarianist English
- humanitarianization English
- humanitarianize English
- humanitarianly English
- humanitarianness English
- nonhumanitarian English
- nonhumanity English
- posthumanity English
- subhumanity English
- superhumanity English
- unhumanitarian English
- unhumanity English
- humanitaarinen Finnish
- humanitas Latin
- hūmānitās Latin
- inhumanitas Latin
- umanità Italian
- humanité French
- гуманитарий Russian
- humanyte Middle English
- humayne Middle English
- humanité Old French
- הומניטרי Hebrew (modern)