humanities etymology definition
The word humanities is derived from the Renaissance Latin expression studia humanitatis, or study of humanitas  (a classical Latin word meaningâin addition to humanity -- culture, refinement, education and, specifically, an education befitting a cultivated man).he word anthropos (Î¬Î½Î¸ÏÏÏÎ¿Ï) is from the Greek for human being or person.. Eric Wolf described sociocultural anthropology as the most scientific of the humanities, and the most humanistic of the sciences.. The goal of anthropology is to provide a holistic account of humans and human nature.