Where does “humble-hearted” come from?
humble-hearted (English) comes from English humble, from Middle English humble, from Old French humble, from Latin humilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
humble-hearted (English): Meek; humble; unassuming
Definitions
- Meek; humble; unassuming
Ancestry of “humble-hearted”, step by step
humble-hearted traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English humble
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | humble | Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending;... |
| 2 | Middle English | humble | — |
| 3 | Old French | humble | Alternative form of umble |
| 4 | Latin | humilis | low, lowly, small, slight; shallow; base, mean,... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English hearted
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hearted | simple past tense and past participle of heart;... |
| 2 | Middle English | herted | Having a specified disposition, emotion, or... |
| 3 | Middle English | herte | The heart; One's inner self; the mind or... |
| 4 | Old English | heorte | heart |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hertā | heart |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hertô | heart |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱḗr | heart |