[grzm]

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).

[jdminhbg]

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

[grzm]

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

[interfixus]

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

[grzm]

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

[sguav]

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

[jdminhbg]

Oh of course, thanks.