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hom(o)-2
Man; human being.
Latin homo, man.
The adjective homocentric refers to a view that humankind is the central or most important element of existence; a hominid is a primate of a family which includes humans and their fossil ancestors; homage originally referred to the ceremony by which a vassal declared himself to be his lord's ‘man’; an homunculus is a very small human or humanoid creature; human comes from the same root. See also the previous entry as well as andro‑ and ‑androus.
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