humility
意味
- 謙そん,卑下;《複数形で》謙虚な行為
例文
You would be a better person if you learnt humility.
謙虚さを身につけたら、あなたはもっといい人になるであろう。
Too much humility is pride.
卑下も自慢のうち。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English humilite, from Old French (h)umilité, from Latin humilitas (“lowness, meanness, baseness, in Late Latin humility”), from humilis (“low, lowly, humble, earth”). Equivalent to humble + -ity, with /mb/ reduced to /m/ (compare plumbing). Displaced native Old English ēaþmōdnes. Doublet of omertà.