ho|mo

ho|mo¹ «HOH moh», noun, plural hom|i|nes.

the Latin word for “man,” used in various Latin compounds to describe some essential characteristic or quality, as in homo ludens and homo faber.

╂[< Homo]

ho|mo² «HOH moh», noun, plural -mos.

Slang. a homosexual.

Ho|mo «HOH moh», noun.

Zoology. the genus of primate mammals comprising man, including one extant species, Homo sapiens, and various extinct species known from fossil remains.

╂[< New Latin Homo < Latin homō, -inis man]

homo-,

combining form. the same; equal: »

Homogeneous = of the same kind.

Also, hom- before vowels.

╂[< Greek homo- < homós same]