human

Term: human (n)

Literally meaning: “earthly being,”

Origin: Anc Greek

humanus(lat)(=man, human) >*χαμαί/hamai(=on the earth), under a spiritual sense of view

humanus(lat)(=man, human) >*όμοιος/homoios(=the same, similar) as the prehistoric people could recognized  similar species.

' ὡς αἰεὶ τὸν ὁμοῖον ἄγει θεὸς ὡς τὸν ὁμοῖον" (always the God leads the same to the same) Odyssey, 218

"..εἰ δὲ ταὐτὸν τυγχάνει ὂν ὅμοιόν τε καὶ οἰκεῖον, " "..if the same is  also like relative "((Plato . Γοργίας, 510)

"..ὡς ὅμοιον ὁμοίῳ ἀεὶ πελάζει/os homoion homoio aei pelazei"  Plato (Sympossium XIII) (“the same people get together” but it can be better expressed as “birds of a feather flock together”.

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Coined/History

The latin word is "humanus" >homo(lat)(=man). There are many approaches for word's etymology with  most accepted the sanscritic ghomon-, literally "earthling" in opposite to the God's origin.

Definition

Human is  a mammal and member of the genus Homo.