humus

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (declension-2, feminine) ground, floor
2. (declension-2, feminine) earth, soil

Sinonieme

terra

tellūs

Vertalings

earth

soil

terre

aarde

land

ground

tierra

Erde

suelo

terra

Land

dirt

تُرْبَة

motle

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈhʊ.mʊs]

Etimologie (Engels)

From Proto-Italic *homos, from earlier *xomos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰomós, from *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”), from earlier **dʰéǵʰoms through internal reconstruction. Cognates include Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa), Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn), and Old Church Slavonic землꙗ (zemlja). Related to homō (“human being, man”).