Where does “humiliate” come from?
Humiliate comes from Latin humiliatus, past participle of humiliare, derived from humilis meaning low or lowly, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm meaning earth or ground.
humiliate (English): To injure the dignity and self-respect of; To...
Definitions
- To injure the dignity and self-respect of; To...
Ancestry of “humiliate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | humiliatus | humbled; abased; humiliated |
| 2 | Latin | humiliō | — |
| 3 | Latin | humilis | low, lowly, small, slight; shallow; base, mean,... |
| 4 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “humiliate”