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Where does “humilitas” come from?

humilitas (Latin) comes 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.

Ancestry of “humilitas”, step by step

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