humiliate

The story

1. Latin · derived fromhumilis“lowly, humble”
2. Late Latin · borrowed fromhumiliātus
3. English todayhumiliate

Borrowed from Late Latin humiliātus, perfect passive participle of humiliō (“to abase, humble”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin humilis (“lowly, humble”), from humus (“ground; earth, soil”); see humble.

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