prehuman

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of the human-like creatures that existed before Homo sapiens.
    — They said the find also added to evidence that painted a picture of Homo erectus as the prehumans who took long evolutionary strides — figuratively and, now it seems, also literally.
形容词 adj.
  1. Preceding the advent of modern humanity, Homo sapiens. not-comparable
    — In the recently opened Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins, there are more than 200 casts of prehuman and human fossils and artifacts that illustrate stages in physical and behavioral evolution.

词形变化

prehumans plural

词汇关系

相关词
infrahuman subhuman

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
Latin hūmānus
Old French umain
Middle French humainbor.
Middle English humayne
English human
English prehuman
From pre- + human.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
Latin hūmānus
Old French umain
Middle French humainbor.
Middle English humayne
English human
English prehuman
From pre- + human.
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