Translation
humble, meek
Word origin
From Latin humilis, low to the ground, from humus ('earth'). The same soil gives English human, humus and exhume, and to humiliate is to put someone back down on it.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- humilis
- English cognates
- humble, humility, humiliate, humus
Examples
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He is a rich but humble man.
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She asked for help in a humble voice.
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The priest lived in a humble house next to the school.
There is no suffix in this word. -- is the Esperanto tool ending, and is not hum--a: the root is humil- in one piece, borrowed entire from Latin. Learners who have just met and see -- everywhere for a while, and this is one of the words that punishes it.
Against , looks further down. is about not overstating yourself; accepts a low place, which is why it carries a religious weight does not. The opposite is or, built by rule, a.
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