English word humiliation comes from Latin humus (Earth, soil. Ground.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| humus | Latin (lat) | Earth, soil. Ground. |
| humilis | Latin (lat) | (in respect to birth, fortune or worth) base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant, low. (of mind or character) submissive, abject. Low, lowly, small, slight; shallow. |
| humiliare | Latin (lat) | |
| humiliatio | Late Latin (LL) | |
| humiliation | Middle French (frm) | |
| humiliation | English (en) | The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.. The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission. |