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Where does “humiliatio” come from?

humiliatio (Late Latin) comes 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.

humiliatio (Late Latin): humiliation, humbling

Definitions

  1. humiliation, humbling

Ancestry of “humiliatio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinhumilioI humble, I abase; I humiliate
2Latinhumilislow, lowly, small, slight; shallow; base, mean,...
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “humiliatio”

  • humillación
  • humiliation
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →