Humility

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Middle English: from Old French humilite, from Latin humilitas, from humilis (see humble).


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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.; see humble. Doublet of omerta. Displaced native Old English ēaþmōdnes.


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humility (n.)

early 14c., "quality of being humble," from Old French umelite "humility, modesty, sweetness" (Modern French humilité), from Latin humilitatem (nominative humilitas) "lowness, small stature; insignificance; baseness, littleness of mind," in Church Latin "meekness," from humilis "lowly, humble," literally "on the ground," from humus "earth," from PIE root *dhghem- "earth." In the Mercian hymns, Latin humilitatem is glossed by Old English eaðmodnisse.