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Review the sample dictionary entry for the word humane.
Humane
/(h)yoo'man/
1: showing compassion
2:inflicting little pain.
Adverb: humanely Noun: humaneness.
Late middle english: form of human.
Based on this entry, which choice represents the word origin humane?
A: Inflicting little pain
B: Late middle english
C: Adverb: Humanly
D: /(h)yoo'man/
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User Bramus
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late middle english because that is when it first began being used and also the fact the yooman is pronounciation adverb is not the origin and i
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The correct answer is B. Late Middle English

Step-by-step explanation:

A dictionary word entry like the one presented in the question provides broad information about a word, this includes the word itself that is the first element in a dictionary entry, followed by the pronunciation of the word that is commonly enclosed by symbols such as / or [ ], then the definition or definitions that are enumerated and other type of information that includes other forms of the word such as verb, adverb, noun, etc and the origin of the word that can be identified because it includes other languages such as Latin, Greek or Middle English that explain the origin of the word. This implies, in the case of the word "Humane" the one that represents its origin is "Late Middle English".

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