Where does “humblebragger” come from?
humblebragger (English) comes from English humblebrag, 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 — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
humblebragger (English): One who humblebrags
Definitions
- One who humblebrags
Ancestry of “humblebragger”, step by step
humblebragger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English humblebrag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | humblebrag | An ostensibly self-deprecating statement made to... |
| 2 | English | humble | Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending;... |
| 3 | Middle English | humble | — |
| 4 | Old French | humble | Alternative form of umble |
| 5 | Latin | humilis | low, lowly, small, slight; shallow; base, mean,... |
| 6 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |