hombre

/ˈombɾe/ · A1 · noun · m

man

👨 From Latin homo/hominem (human) — same root as English hominid and human

Latin hominem became omne, then omre, and Spanish slipped in a b to ease the m-r cluster: hombre. The h is silent, so it sounds like OM-bray. English borrowed it as the cowboy word hombre.

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