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Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French humeigne; Latin hūmānus.

The position of the stress varied in early use (including among the , which could show stress on either the first or the second syllable). One pattern of distribution of the stress variants is reflected by Writing Scholar's Compan. ( 1695 ), which records stress on the first syllable ('humane ) in attributive use, but on the second syllable (hu'mane ) in predicative use. The modern semantic distinction between and is evident from the 18th cent. (as e.g. in Johnson 1755, which also reflects the modern stress pattern), but does not become invariable until the end of the 19th cent., and some semantic overlap remains even in modern usage (compare sense ). Compare the history of and

< Anglo-Norman humeigne (feminine), humane (feminine), Anglo-Norman and Middle French humain, humayn (French humain) of or belonging to people (as opposed either to animals or to God) (1119 in Anglo-Norman), having human nature or characteristics (1170), composed of people (1174), benevolent (1175), having people (as opposed to God) as its subject (1552 in letres humaines: compare ) and its etymon classical Latin hūmānus of or belonging to people (as opposed either to animals or to divine beings), characteristic of people, civilized, cultured, cultivated, kindly, considerate, merciful, indulgent < the same base as homin-, homō+ -ānus, although the origin of the vocalism is unclear. Compare Old Occitan uman, Catalan humà(14th cent.), Spanish humano1200), Portuguese humano(13th cent.), Italian umano(13th cent.). With use as noun compare classical Latin hūmānushuman being, hūmānumthat which is human (uses as noun of masculine and neuter respectively of hūmānus, adjective), French humainhuman being (1340 in Middle French, usually in plural), human nature (1630). Compare