Where does “humildade” come from?

humildade (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese humildade, from Latin humilitās, 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.

humildade (Portuguese): humility; submission; inferiority

Definitions

  1. humility; submission; inferiority

Ancestry of “humildade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesehumildade—
2Latinhumilitāsinsignificance, lowliness, unimportance
3Latinhumilislow, lowly, small, slight; shallow; base, mean,...
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin humilis →