Middle English humiliacioun continues as humiliation with modern -ation spelling and English pronunciation.
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humiliation
act, state, or instance of humiliating; degradation, disgrace, or shame
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedMiddle English · late 14th-century Middle English record · humbling abasement conditionhumiliacioun
humbling, abasement, or humbled condition
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A broad humbling or abasement noun develops the current action, state, instance, degradation, disgrace, and shame center.
The Middle English occurrence predates the source-reported English verb humiliate.
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Humiliation — Definition and EtymologyEtymology: Middle English humiliacioun
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the immediate Middle English form.
Humiliation — American Heritage DictionaryDefinitions: degradation; disgraced state and shame; humiliating circumstance
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents the current semantic center.
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