The English word “human” and prefix “homo” have the same Latin root as the word “humus,” meaning Earth or ground, referring to the organic component of soil. “Humus” is teeming with sentience, a ...
The word human comes from the Latin word humus, which means soil, earth, dirt, and dust. The word humility interestingly comes from the same root word – humus. To be humble then is to be humus – ...