Latin humilitās is formed from humilis with the abstract noun suffix -itās.
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humilitās
literal low height or stature; low rank, insignificance, meanness, or abjectness
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin antiquity · low ground adjectivehumilis
low; humble
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The property of being low names physical lowness, low station, insignificance, and related abstractions.
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Humilitas — Lewis and Short Latin DictionaryHumilitas, humilis: lowness
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