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hum·ble (h¾m“b…l) adj. hum·bler, hum·blest.
1. Marked by meekness or modesty in behavior, attitude, or spirit; not arrogant or prideful.
2. Showing deferential or submissive respect: a humble apology.
3. Low in rank, quality, or station; unpretentious or lowly: a humble cottage.

--hum·ble tr.v. hum·bled, hum·bling, hum·bles.
1. To curtail or destroy the pride of; humiliate.
2. To cause to be meek or modest in spirit.
3. To give a lower condition or station to; abase.

See Synonyms at degrade. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin humilis, low, lowly, from humus, ground. See dhghem- below.] --hum“ble·ness n. --hum“bler n. --hum“bly adv.
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dhghem-. Important derivatives are: bridegroom, chamomile, humble, homage, homicide, human. .
dhghem-. Earth. 1. Suffixed zero-grade form *(dh)gh©-on-, “earthling.” BRIDEGROOM, from Old English guma, man, from Germanic *gum½n-. 2. O-grade form *dh(e)ghom-. CHTHONIC; AUTOCHTHON, from Greek khth½n, earth. 3. Zero-grade form *dhgh©-. CHAMAEPHYTE, CHAMELEON, CHAMOMILE, GERMANDER, from Greek khamai, on the ground. 4. Suffixed o-grade form *(dh)ghom-o-. HUMBLE, (HUMILIATE), (HUMILITY), HUMUS1; EXHUME, INHUME, TRANSHUMANCE, from Latin humus, earth. 5. Suffixed o-grade form *(dh)ghom-on-, “earthling.” a. HOMAGE, HOMBRE1, HOMINID, HOMO1, HOMUNCULUS, OMBRE; BONHOMIE, HOMICIDE, from Latin hom½, human being, man; b. HUMAN, (HUMANE), from Latin h¿m³nus, human, kind, humane (in part from dhghem-). 6. Suffixed form *(dh)ghem-y³. CHERNOZEM, SIEROZEM, ZEMSTVO, from Old Russian zem¹, land, earth. 7. Full-grade form *(dh)ghem-. ZAMINDAR, from Persian zamºn, earth, land. [Pokorny ªhšem- 414.]

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