humus

hum-us

• 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 (chthṓn), and
  • Old Church Slavonic землꙗ (zemlja).
• Related to homō (“human being, man”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhʊ.mʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈuː.mus]

Noun

humus f (genitive humī); second declension

1. ground, floor
2. earth, soil

   Synonyms: terra, solum, tellūs

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative.

	singular	plural
nominative	humus	humī
genitive	humī	humōrum
dative	humō	humīs
accusative	humum	humōs
ablative	humō humū	humīs
vocative	hume	humī
locative	humī	—