Where does “unhumbleness” come from?
unhumbleness (English) comes from English unhumble, 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.
unhumbleness (English): the property of being unhumble
Definitions
- the property of being unhumble
Ancestry of “unhumbleness”, step by step
unhumbleness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unhumble
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unhumble | Not humble |
| 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 Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |