Where does “humbles” come from?
humbles (French) comes from 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.
humbles (French): plural of humble
Ancestry of “humbles”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | humble | humble |
| 2 | Latin | humilis | low, lowly, small, slight; shallow; base, mean,... |
| 3 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |