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style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of humble" class="word__name--TTbAA">humble<!-- --> <!-- -->(adj.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>late 13c., of persons, "submissive, respectful, lowly in manner, modest, not self-asserting, obedient," from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">humble</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">umble</span>, earlier <span class="foreign notranslate">umele</span>, from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">humilis</span> "lowly, humble," literally "on the ground," from <span class="foreign notranslate">humus</span> "earth" (from PIE root <a href="/word/*dhghem-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *dhghem- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*dhghem-</a> "earth"). From late 14c., of things, "lowly in kind, state, condition, or amount," also, of persons, "of low birth or rank." Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Humbly</span>.</p> <blockquote> Don't be so humble; you're not that great. [attributed to Golda Meir] </blockquote></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:late%2013c.">late 13c.</a></div></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_42158" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of humble" class="word__name--TTbAA">humble<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)</p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>late 14c., "render oneself humble" (intrans.), also "to bend, kneel or bow;" late 15c. "lower (someone) in dignity" (trans.); see <a href="/word/humble#etymonline_v_16043" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of humble " class="crossreference notranslate">humble</a> (adj.). Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Humbled</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">humbling</span>.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:late%2014c.">late 14c.</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to humble">Entries linking to <i>humble</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><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 H" href="/word/H#etymonline_v_1350">H<!-- --> <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 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<!-- --> <!-- -->(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><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of humble pie" href="/word/humble%20pie"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">humble pie</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of humbleness" href="/word/humbleness"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">humbleness</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of humiliation" href="/word/humiliation"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">humiliation</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of remember" href="/word/remember"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">remember</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of slumber" href="/word/slumber"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">slumber</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of umbles" href="/word/umbles"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">umbles</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of *dhghem-" href="/word/*dhghem-"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">*dhghem-</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/humble/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->8<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of humble">Trends of <i>humble</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. Ngrams are probably unreliable.</div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="More to Explore">More to Explore</h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="linked" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of remember" href="/word/remember"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">remember<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">mid-14c., remembren, "keep or bear (something or someone) in mind, retain in the memory, preserve unforgotten," from Old French remembrer "remember, recall, bring to mind" (11c.), from Latin rememorari "recall to mind, remember," from re- "again" (see re-) + memorari "be mindful </section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="linked" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of slumber" href="/word/slumber"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">slumber<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">mid-14c., slomberen, "doze, drowse, sleep lightly," an alteration of slumeren (mid-13c.), frequentative form of slumen "to doze," which is probably from Old English sluma "light sleep" (compare Middle Dutch slumen, Dutch sluimeren, Middle Low German slummern "become drowsy," Germ</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="linked" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of thimble" href="/word/thimble"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">thimble<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">Old English þymel "sheath or covering for the thumb," from thuma (see thumb (n.)) + instrumental suffix -el (1), used in forming names of tools (compare handle (n.)). The unetymological -b- appears mid-15c. (compare humble, nimble, etc.). Originally of leather, metal ones came in</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of humility" href="/word/humility"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">humility<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">early 14c., "quality of being humble," from Old French umelite "humility, modesty, sweetness" (Modern French humilité), from...lowness, small stature; insignificance; baseness, littleness of mind," in Church Latin "meekness," from humilis "lowly, humble...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of submission" href="/word/submission"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">submission<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">Sense of "humble obedience" is first recorded mid-15c....English in 16c.-17c. also had an adjective submiss "humble, submissive."...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of abject" href="/word/abject"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">abject<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">c. 1400, "humble, lowly, poor; of low quality; menial," from Latin abiectus "low, crouching; common, mean, contemptible;...cast down, dispirited," past participle of abicere "to throw away, cast off; degrade, humble, lower," from ab "off, away...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of poor" href="/word/poor"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">poor<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">(to be poor in spirit is to be "spiritually humble")....In modest or apologetic use, "humble, slight, insignificant," from early 15c....Poor relation "relative or kinsman in humble circumstances" is by 1720....</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of chagrin" href="/word/chagrin"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">chagrin<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">1650s, "melancholy," from French chagrin "melancholy, anxiety, vexation" (14c.), from Old North French chagreiner or Angevin dialect chagraigner "sadden," which is of unknown origin, perhaps [Gamillscheg] from Old French graignier "grieve over, be angry," from graigne "sadness, r</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of change" href="/word/change"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">change<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">c. 1200, "to alter, make different, change" (transitive); 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