CrashBandioof420

CrashBandioof420 t1_ja6yjjf wrote

Reply to Humen is a more logical plural to human than humans. It’s men and women, not mans and womans. by frenglish_man

The word "human" comes from Middle French "humain". Foreign words in English usually get their plural by adding s at the end. The word "man" comes from Old English "mann" and the plural of mann was menn. Some of Old English's plural system carried over to modern English, and thus we have
man -> men

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CrashBandioof420 t1_ja6yhp1 wrote

Reply to comment by whyvswhynot12089 in Humen is a more logical plural to human than humans. It’s men and women, not mans and womans. by frenglish_man

That's not why the word "human" doesn't have a vowel-changing plural though. The word "human" comes from Middle French "humain". Loan words in English usually get their plural by adding s at the end. The word "man" comes from Old English "mann" and the plural of mann was menn. Some of Old English's plural system carried over to modern English, and thus we have

man -> men

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