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Humility — American Heritage Dictionary

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2022
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HarperCollins
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Humility is an earth-and-lowness metaphor.

Latin humus “ground” produced humilis “low,” then humilitās “lowness,” before the moral virtue.

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humus “ground” → humilis “low” → humilitās “lowness” → humility

Middle English humilite from Old French from Late Latin humilitās

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humility → humilite

Present-Day English → Middle English · orthographic continuation

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Middle English humilite continues as humility with modern English -ity spelling and pronunciation.
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The inherited humble-quality sense continues into the current freedom-from-pride center.
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Etymology: Middle English humilite

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humilite → humilité

Middle English → Old French · borrowing

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Middle English humilite adapts the French form without its written accent and within English phonology.
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The French humble-quality and religious-abasement field enters Middle English.
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Middle English humilite, from Old French

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humilité → humilitās

Old French → Late Latin · borrowing

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Old French humilité adapts Latin humilitās with the Romance noun ending represented as -ité.
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The ecclesiastical virtue and abasement senses continue in French.
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Old French, from Late Latin humilitās

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