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PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD

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CLAIM / COUNTERCLAIM / LIMITRECORD 312

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RECORD.

One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.

resolvedestablished

Is the immediate Latin source a participle or a verb stem?

Merriam-Webster names Late Latin humiliatus, the past participle of humiliare; American Heritage summarizes Late Latin humiliāre, humiliāt-. These are compatible levels of the same formation, not evidence for two unrelated ancestries.

WORD UNDER REVIEWDISPUTE 312

humiliate

/hjuːˈmɪlieɪt/ · verb

To reduce someone in their own or others’ estimation, causing shame or loss of dignity; from Late Latin forms meaning to make low or humble.

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DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE

2 SOURCES WITH A STANCE

A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.

02 / EDITORIAL STATE

THE CURRENT RECORD IS RESOLVED.

CONFIDENCE
established
STATUS
resolved
LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
The sources differ in entry granularity while agreeing on the Late Latin verb family.
RESOLUTION NOTE

The dossier spine preserves the participle and the graph exposes the AHD verb-stem summary as a separately cited compatible route.