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hom-, 

1. var. of homo- before a vowel:
   homonym.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

ho•mo  (hō′mō), n., pl. -mos. Slang (disparaging and offensive).

1. Slang Terms a homosexual.

• by shortening

Ho•mo  (hō′mō), n. 

1. Physical Anthropology (italics) the genus of bipedal primates that includes modern humans and several extinct forms, distinguished by their large brains and a dependence upon tools. Cf. archaic Homo.
2. Informal Terms, Physical Anthropology (sometimes l.c.)
   • a member of the genus Homo.
   • the species Homo sapiens or one of its members.

• Latin homō man; Old Latin hemō the earthly one (see humus); akin to Latin hūmānus human; cognate with Old English guma, Old Irish duine, Welsh dyn man, Lithuanian žmónės men
• 1590–1600

homo-, 

1. a combining form appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it meant "same'' (homology);
   on this model, used in the formation of compound words (homomorphic).

Also,[esp. before a vowel,] hom-. 

• Greek, combining form of homós one and the same; akin to Sanskrit sama-; see same