hum
earth, ground; low, humble
Latin · humus / humilis
Hum comes from Latin humus, "earth, ground", and humilis, "low". It appears in words about the ground, being lowly, and modesty or shame.
Memory trick
HUMble people stay close to the HUMus: down to earth, not high and proud.
Words from this root
- humble (humble) — modest, not proudविनम्र
- humbleness (humble + ness) — modestyविनम्रता
- humic (hum + ic) — of dark soil humusह्यूमस संबंधी
- humiliate (humil + iate) — to shame someoneअपमानित करना
- humiliatingly (humil + iating + ly) — in a shaming wayअपमानजनक ढंग से
- humiliation (humil + iation) — a feeling of shameअपमान
- humility (humil + ity) — being modestनम्रता
- transhumance (trans + hum + ance) — moving herds to new pasturesमौसम के अनुसार पशु ले जाना