NODE / 0994attestedLate Latin

humiliātus

TRANSLITERATION humiliātus

made low or humble

DATE: Late Latin
SENSE: made low participle
FAMILY: Indo-European / Italic
CANONICAL KEY: node:77:humiliatus:attested:sense:made-low-participle

Merriam-Webster names this past participle as the immediate source form.

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Late Latin · Late Latin · make low verb

humiliāre

to make low or humble

SOUND: Late Latin humiliātus is the past participle of humiliāre.
MEANING: The completed state of being made low preserves the causative verb meaning.
CHRONOLOGY: A Late Latin inflectional relation.
SCHOLAR: Merriam-Webster Editors
CONFIDENCE: established

Humiliate — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsHumiliatus, past participle of humiliare

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Present-Day English · circa 1534–today · make low shame verb

humiliate

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

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

Publishes the immediate participial source and English horizon.

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

Publishes the compatible verb-and-stem summary.

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Late Latin · Christian and Late Latin · lowering humbling action noun

humiliātiō

action of lowering; abasement; subduing or humbling through mortification

SOUND: Late Latin humiliātiō is formed on humiliātus with the Latin action-noun ending -iō.
MEANING: The made-low participial stem becomes an action, process, or condition noun for lowering and humbling.
SCHOLAR: Merriam-Webster Editors · CNRTL and ATILF Editors
CONFIDENCE: established — Merriam-Webster publishes the morphological formation; CNRTL independently documents the Christian Latin action-noun senses.

Humiliation — Definition and EtymologysupportsLate Latin humiliatio from humiliatus plus Latin -ion-, -io

Publishes the action-noun formation.

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Humiliation — étymologie et histoirecontextChristian Latin humiliatio: lowering, abasement, and humbling through mortification

Documents the inherited action-noun semantic field.

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STEP 01borrowingestablished

Late Latinhumiliātus→Present-Day English · circa 1534–todayhumiliatereduce to a lower position in one’s own or others’ eyes; cause shame or embarrassment

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.

Merriam-Webster Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 995 ↗

Humiliate — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Word History: Late Latin humiliatus; First Known Use circa 1534 ↗Humiliate — American Heritage Dictionary · Late Latin humiliāre, humiliāt-, to humble ↗

STEP 01derivationestablished

Late Latinhumiliātus→Late Latin · Christian and Late Latinhumiliātiōaction of lowering; abasement; subduing or humbling through mortification

SOUND: Late Latin humiliātiō is formed on humiliātus with the Latin action-noun ending -iō.
MEANING: The made-low participial stem becomes an action, process, or condition noun for lowering and humbling.

Merriam-Webster Editors · CNRTL and ATILF Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 1017 ↗

Humiliation — Definition and Etymology · Late Latin humiliatio from humiliatus plus Latin -ion-, -io ↗Humiliation — étymologie et histoire · Christian Latin humiliatio: lowering, abasement, and humbling through mortification ↗

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STEP 02borrowingestablished

Late Latinhumiliātiō→Middle French · Middle French, before 1449–1495 recordhumiliationact intended to humble; fact of being humble or humbling oneself

SOUND: Middle French humiliation continues Christian Latin humiliātiō within Romance phonology and spelling.
MEANING: Lowering, abasement, subduing, and self-humbling remain available in the medieval French record.

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Humiliation — Definition and Etymology · Middle French humiliation from Late Latin humiliatio ↗Humiliation — étymologie et histoire · Borrowed from Christian Latin humiliatio; French records before 1449 and in 1495 ↗

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STEP 03borrowingestablished

Middle Frenchhumiliation→Middle English · late 14th-century Middle English recordhumiliaciounhumbling, abasement, or humbled condition

SOUND: Middle English humiliacioun adapts Middle French humiliation with the common English -acioun representation of the Romance noun ending.
MEANING: The action and condition of lowering or humbling crosses into Middle English.

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Humiliation — Definition and Etymology · Middle English humiliacioun from Middle French humiliation ↗

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STEP 04orthographic continuationestablished

Middle Englishhumiliacioun→Present-Day English · 14th century–todayhumiliationact, state, or instance of humiliating; degradation, disgrace, or shame

SOUND: Middle English humiliacioun continues as humiliation with modern -ation spelling and English pronunciation.
MEANING: A broad humbling or abasement noun develops the current action, state, instance, degradation, disgrace, and shame center.

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Humiliation — Definition and Etymology · Etymology: Middle English humiliacioun ↗Humiliation — American Heritage Dictionary · Definitions: degradation; disgraced state and shame; humiliating circumstance ↗

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