home (Asturian)
Where does "home" come from?
The Asturian word "home" traces its origins back to the Proto-Indo-European term *ǵʰm̥mṓ, meaning "earthling." This root, derived from the word for "earth," evolved through Proto-Italic to the Latin "homō," which signified a human being or man. Over time, the term shifted into Asturian, where it remains used today to describe a man, a person, or a husband.
Full etymology tree
- home (Asturian), 'man'
- inherited homō (Latin), 'a human being, man, human, person'
- inherited *hemō (Proto-Italic), 'man'
- inherited *ǵʰmō (Proto-Indo-European)
- confix *dʰéǵʰōm (Proto-Indo-European), 'earth'
- confix *-ō (Proto-Indo-European), 'Forms so-called "individualizing" or "participant" nouns from nouns and adjectives, agent or patient, from verbs.'
- inherited *ǵʰmō (Proto-Indo-European)
- inherited *hemō (Proto-Italic), 'man'
- inherited homō (Latin), 'a human being, man, human, person'
Ancestors
- homo (Latin)
- *hemō (Proto-Italic)
- *ǵʰmṓ (Proto-Indo-European)
Descendants and derived words
- ho (Asturian)
- home del sacu (Asturian)
Updated June 2026
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