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href="/word/H#etymonline_v_1350">H<!-- -->聽<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>eighth letter of the alphabet; it comes from Phoenician, via Greek and Latin. In Phoenician it originally had a rough guttural sound like German <span class="foreign notranslate">Reich</span> or Scottish <span class="foreign notranslate">loch</span>. In Greek at first it had the value of Modern English <span class="foreign notranslate">-h-</span>, and with this value it passed into the Latin alphabet via Greek colonies in Italy. Subsequently in Greek it came to be used for a long "e" sound; the "h" sound being indicated by a fragment of the letter, which later was reduced to the aspiration mark.</p> <p>In Germanic it was used for the voiceless breath sound when at the beginning of words, and in the middle or at the end of words for the rough guttural sound, which later came to be written <span class="foreign notranslate">-gh</span>.</p> <p>The sound became totally silent in Vulgar Latin and in the languages that emerged from it; thus the letter was omitted in Old French and Italian, but it was restored pedantically in French and Middle English spelling, and often later in English pronunciation.</p> <p>Thus Modern English has words ultimately from Latin with missing <span class="foreign notranslate">-h-</span> (<a href="/word/able" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of able " class="crossreference notranslate">able</a>, from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">habile</span>); with a silent <span class="foreign notranslate">-h-</span> (<a href="/word/heir" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of heir " class="crossreference notranslate">heir</a>, <a href="/word/hour" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of hour " class="crossreference notranslate">hour</a>); with a formerly silent <span class="foreign notranslate">-h-</span> now often vocalized (<a href="/word/humble" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of humble " class="crossreference notranslate">humble</a>, <a href="/word/humor" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of humor " class="crossreference notranslate">humor</a>, <a href="/word/horizon" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of horizon " class="crossreference notranslate">horizon</a>, <a href="/word/herb" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of herb " class="crossreference notranslate">herb</a>); and even a few with an unetymological <span class="foreign notranslate">-h-</span> fitted in confusion to words that never had one (<a href="/word/hostage" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of hostage " class="crossreference notranslate">hostage</a>, <a href="/word/hermit" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of hermit " class="crossreference notranslate">hermit</a>). Relics of the formerly unvoiced <span class="foreign notranslate">-h-</span> persist in pedantic insistence on <span class="foreign notranslate">an historical (object)</span> and in obsolete <span class="foreign notranslate">mine host</span>.</p> <p>The pronunciation "aitch" was in Old French (<span class="foreign notranslate">ache</span> "name of the letter H"), and is from a presumed Late Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">*accha</span> (compare Italian <span class="foreign notranslate">effe</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">elle</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">emme</span>), with the central sound approximating the rough, guttural value of the letter in Germanic. In earlier Latin the letter was called <span class="foreign notranslate">ha</span>. The use in digraphs (as in <span class="foreign notranslate">-sh-</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">-th-</span>) goes back to the ancient Greek alphabet, which used it in <span class="foreign notranslate">-ph-</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">-th-</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">-kh-</span> until <span class="foreign notranslate">-H-</span> took on the value of a long "e" and the digraphs acquired their own characters. The letter passed into Roman use before this evolution, and thus retained there more of its original Semitic value.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 horizontal"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-format="fluid" data-ad-layout-key="-f3+v+bw-5a-4s" data-ad-slot="3793901704"></ins></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of humble pie" href="/word/humble%20pie#etymonline_v_51201">humble pie<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>to <span class="foreign notranslate">eat humble pie</span> (1830) is from <span class="foreign notranslate">umble pie</span> (1640s), pie made from <span class="foreign notranslate">umbles</span> "edible inner parts of an animal" (especially deer), considered a low-class food. The similar sense of similar-sounding words (the "h" of <a href="/word/humble#etymonline_v_16043" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of humble " class="crossreference notranslate">humble</a> (adj.) was not then pronounced) converged to make the pun. <span class="foreign notranslate">Umbles</span> is Middle English <a href="/word/numbles" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of numbles " class="crossreference notranslate">numbles</a> "offal," with loss of <span class="foreign notranslate">n-</span> through assimilation into preceding article.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of humbleness" href="/word/humbleness#etymonline_v_51196">humbleness<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>late 14c., from <a href="/word/humble#etymonline_v_16043" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of humble " class="crossreference notranslate">humble</a> (adj.) + <a href="/word/-ness" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -ness " class="crossreference notranslate">-ness</a>. Wyclif's word; Chaucer uses the Frenchified <span class="foreign notranslate">humblesse</span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of humiliation" href="/word/humiliation#etymonline_v_16049">humiliation<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"act of humiliating or humbling, abasement, mortification," late 14c., from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">humiliacion</span> (14c.) or directly from Late Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">humiliationem</span> (nominative <span class="foreign notranslate">humiliatio</span>) "a humbling, humiliation," noun of action from past-participle stem of <span class="foreign notranslate">humiliare</span> "to humble," from <span class="foreign notranslate">humilis</span> "humble" (see <a href="/word/humble#etymonline_v_16043" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of humble " class="crossreference notranslate">humble</a> (adj.)).</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of remember" href="/word/remember#etymonline_v_10402">remember<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(v.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>mid-14c., <span class="foreign notranslate">remembren</span>, "keep or bear (something or someone) in mind, retain in the memory, preserve unforgotten," from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">remembrer</span> "remember, recall, bring to mind" (11c.), from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">rememorari</span> "recall to mind, remember," from <span class="foreign notranslate">re-</span> "again" (see <a href="/word/re-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of re- " class="crossreference notranslate">re-</a>) + <span class="foreign notranslate">memorari</span> "be mindful of," from <span class="foreign notranslate">memor</span> "mindful" (from PIE root <a href="/word/*%28s%29mer-#etymonline_v_53458" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *(s)mer- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*(s)mer-</a> (1) "to remember").</p> <p>The meaning "recall to mind, bring again to the memory" is from late 14c.; the sense of "to mention" is from 1550s. Also in Middle English "to remind" (someone), "bring back the memory of" (something to someone); "give an account, narrate," and in passive constructions such as <span class="foreign notranslate">hit remembreth me</span> "I remember." An Anglo-Saxon verb for it was <span class="foreign notranslate">gemunan</span>.</p> <p>The insertion of <span class="foreign notranslate">-b-</span> between <span class="foreign notranslate">-m-</span> and a following consonant (especially where a vowel has dropped out) is regular: compare <a href="/word/number#etymonline_v_9871" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of number " class="crossreference notranslate">number</a> (n.), <a href="/word/chamber#etymonline_v_8399" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of chamber " class="crossreference notranslate">chamber</a> (n.), <a href="/word/humble#etymonline_v_16043" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of humble " class="crossreference notranslate">humble</a> (adj.).</p> <blockquote> <span class="foreign notranslate">Remember</span> implies that a thing exists in the memory, not that it is actually present in the thoughts at the moment, but that it recurs without effort. <span class="foreign notranslate">Recollect</span> means that a fact, forgotten or partially lost to memory, is after some effort recalled and present to the mind. <span class="foreign notranslate">Remembrance</span> is the store-house, <span class="foreign notranslate">recollection</span> the act of culling out this article and that from the repository. He <span class="foreign notranslate">remembers</span> everything he hears, and can <span class="foreign notranslate">recollect</span> any statement when called on. The words, however, are often confounded, and we say we cannot <span class="foreign notranslate">remember</span> a thing when we mean we cannot <span class="foreign notranslate">recollect</span> it. [Century Dictionary, 1895] </blockquote> <p>In complimentary messages, "remember (one) to (another), recall one to the remembrance of another," as in <span class="foreign notranslate">remember me to your family</span>, is attested from 1550s.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of slumber" href="/word/slumber#etymonline_v_23710">slumber<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(v.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>mid-14c., <span class="foreign notranslate">slomberen</span>, "doze, drowse, sleep lightly," an alteration of <span class="foreign notranslate">slumeren</span> (mid-13c.), frequentative form of <span class="foreign notranslate">slumen</span> "to doze," which is probably from Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">sluma</span> "light sleep" (compare Middle Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">slumen</span>, Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">sluimeren</span>, Middle Low German <span class="foreign notranslate">slummern</span> "become drowsy," German <span class="foreign notranslate">schlummern</span> "to slumber"). With Germanic verbal suffix indicating repeated or diminutive action (see <a href="/word/-er#etymonline_v_55584" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -er " class="crossreference notranslate">-er</a> (4)). </p> <p>Frequentative on the notion of "intermittent light sleep." Of things, "be in a state of inactivity," by 1580s. For the unetymological <span class="foreign notranslate">-b-</span>, compare <span class="foreign notranslate"><a href="/word/number" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of number " class="crossreference notranslate">number</a></span>, <span class="foreign notranslate"><a href="/word/lumber" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of lumber " class="crossreference notranslate">lumber</a></span>, <span class="foreign notranslate"><a href="/word/humble" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of humble " class="crossreference notranslate">humble</a></span>, <span class="foreign notranslate"><a href="/word/chamber" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of chamber " class="crossreference notranslate">chamber</a></span>, etc. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Slumbered</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">slumbering</span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of umbles" href="/word/umbles#etymonline_v_4454">umbles<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"edible inner parts of a deer or other animal," c. 1400, see <a href="/word/humble" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of humble " class="crossreference notranslate">humble</a>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of *dhghem-" href="/word/*dhghem-#etymonline_v_52659">*dhghem-<!-- -->聽<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>Proto-Indo-European root meaning "earth."</p> <p>It forms all or part of: <a href="/word/antichthon" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of antichthon " class="crossreference notranslate">antichthon</a>; <a href="/word/autochthon" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of autochthon " class="crossreference notranslate">autochthon</a>; <a href="/word/autochthonic" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of autochthonic " class="crossreference notranslate">autochthonic</a>; <a href="/word/bonhomie" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bonhomie " class="crossreference notranslate">bonhomie</a>; <a href="/word/bridegroom" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bridegroom " class="crossreference notranslate">bridegroom</a>; <a href="/word/camomile" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of camomile " class="crossreference notranslate">camomile</a>; <a href="/word/chameleon" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of chameleon " class="crossreference notranslate">chameleon</a>; <a href="/word/chernozem" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of chernozem " class="crossreference notranslate">chernozem</a>; <a href="/word/chthonic" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of chthonic " class="crossreference notranslate">chthonic</a>; <a href="/word/exhume" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of exhume " class="crossreference notranslate">exhume</a>; <a href="/word/homage" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of homage " class="crossreference notranslate">homage</a>; <a href="/word/hombre" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of hombre " class="crossreference notranslate">hombre</a>; <a href="/word/homicide" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of homicide " class="crossreference notranslate">homicide</a>; <a href="/word/hominid" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of hominid " class="crossreference notranslate">hominid</a>; <a href="/word/Homo%20sapiens" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Homo sapiens " class="crossreference notranslate">Homo sapiens</a>; <a href="/word/homunculus" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of homunculus " class="crossreference notranslate">homunculus</a>; <a href="/word/human" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of human " class="crossreference notranslate">human</a>; <a href="/word/humane" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of humane " class="crossreference notranslate">humane</a>; <a href="/word/humble" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of humble " class="crossreference notranslate">humble</a>; <a href="/word/humiliate" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of humiliate " class="crossreference notranslate">humiliate</a>; <a href="/word/humility" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of humility " class="crossreference notranslate">humility</a>; <a href="/word/humus" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of humus " class="crossreference notranslate">humus</a>; <a href="/word/inhumation" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of inhumation " class="crossreference notranslate">inhumation</a>; <a href="/word/inhume" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of inhume " class="crossreference notranslate">inhume</a>; <a href="/word/nemo" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of nemo " class="crossreference notranslate">nemo</a>; <a href="/word/ombre" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ombre " class="crossreference notranslate">ombre</a>; <a href="/word/omerta" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of omerta " class="crossreference notranslate">omerta</a>.</p> <p>It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit <span class="foreign notranslate">ksam-</span> "earth" (opposed to "sky"); Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">khth艒n</span> "the earth, solid surface of the earth," <span class="foreign notranslate">khamai</span> "on the ground;" 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