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humiliate

TRANSLITERATION humiliatePRONUNCIATION /hjuːˈmɪlieɪt/

reduce to a lower position in one’s own or others’ eyes; cause shame or embarrassment

DATE: circa 1534–today
SENSE: make low shame verb
FAMILY: Indo-European / Germanic
CANONICAL KEY: node:1:humiliate:attested:sense:make-low-shame-verb

The current psychological and social senses retain the inherited lowering structure.

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Late Latin · Late Latin · made low participle

humiliātus

made low or humble

SOUND: English humiliate adapts the stem of Late Latin humiliātus, dropping Latin inflection and developing the English -ate pronunciation.
MEANING: Made low or humble develops into reduction in status, dignity, or self-estimation and the causing of shame.
CHRONOLOGY: Merriam-Webster reports English use circa 1534.
SCHOLAR: Merriam-Webster Editors
CONFIDENCE: established

Humiliate — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsWord History: Late Latin humiliatus; First Known Use circa 1534

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Humiliate — American Heritage DictionarycontextLate Latin humiliāre, humiliāt-, to humble

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Late Latin · Late Latin · make low verb

humiliāre

to make low or humble

SOUND: American Heritage summarizes English humiliate from Late Latin humiliāre and the stem humiliāt-, without promoting the participle as a separate node.
MEANING: To humble or make low develops into causing loss of pride, dignity, or self-respect.
CHRONOLOGY: AHD supplies no separately dated transfer event.
SCHOLAR: American Heritage Dictionary Editors
CONFIDENCE: proposed — This is compatible source granularity, not a claim of unrelated borrowing.

Humiliate — American Heritage DictionarysupportsLate Latin humiliāre, humiliāt-, to humble

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SOURCE-REPORTEDlexicographic first useestablished

circa 1534 first known use

Merriam-Webster first-known-use report

circa 1534, in the meaning defined above

humiliate dossier · recorded as humiliate

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