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Their Polari bible translation has "unto the homie" == "to the man", so Polari for "man" is "homie"! I think the modern slang homie comes from "homeboy", so that'd be convergent etymology?


Different "o" sounds: as in top and as in home.


Interesting. I'd (naïvely) guess Polari homie would come from the French homme, so it would be convergent (as opposed to some shared etymological root).


Looks like it's actually from Italian uomo (plural uomi), and most places seem to spell it "omie" without the "h."


Cheers. Both share the same Latin root, homo (man), correct?


Correct. However, the 'homo' in homosexual derives from Greek homo, meaning 'same' or something to that effect.


Right. For example, homogenous. Or homonym. Not related to homme or uomo. No connection to homosexual was implied.


Note: in italian it's uomo, pl uomini; in latin homo, hominis


Oh of course, thanks.




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