hominid
Meanings
Plural: hominids
Noun
- a primate of the family Hominidae
- Any primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae, which includes all the nonhuman great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans) as well as humans.
Adjective Satellite
- characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures
Adj
- Of the Hominidae.
Origin / Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ
Proto-Italic *hemō
Latin hemō
Latin homōlbor.
Translingual Homo
Ancient Greek -ίδης (-ídēs)bor.
Latin -ideslbor.
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der.
Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)influ.
Translingual -idae
Translingual Hominidaelbor.
English hominid
Learned borrowing from translingual Hominidae.
Synonyms
great ape, hominian, hominid, hominiform
Scrabble Score: 13
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