Where does “humildemente” come from?
humildemente (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese humilde, 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.
humildemente (Portuguese): humbly
Ancestry of “humildemente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | humilde | 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 |