humanitiesyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[humanities 词源字典]
1702; plural of humanity, which was used in English from late 15c. in a sense "class of studies concerned with human culture" (opposed variously at different times to divinity or sciences). Latin literae humaniores, they were those branches of literature (ancient classics, rhetoric, poetry) which tended to humanize or refine.[humanities etymology, humanities origin, 英语词源]