humility

Significat (Anglès)

The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior.

Conceptes

Freqüència

C2
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/hjuːˈmɪlɪti/
Etimologia (Anglès)

From Middle English humilite, from Old French (h)umilité, from Latin humilitas (“lowness, meanness, baseness, in Late Latin humility”), from humilis (“low, lowly, humble, earth”). Equivalent to humble + -ity, with /mb/ reduced to /m/ (compare plumbing). Displaced native Old English ēaþmōdnes. Doublet of omertà.

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