Where does “humiliator” come from?
humiliator (English) comes from Latin humiliator, from Latin humilio, 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.
humiliator (English): One who humiliates
Definitions
- One who humiliates
Ancestry of “humiliator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | humiliator | second-person singular future passive imperative... |
| 2 | Latin | humilio | I humble, I abase; I humiliate |
| 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 |