English
humblesse
Humblesse comes from Old French humblesse ‘humbleness’.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400humblesse‘humbleness’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1590same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400humblesse‘humbleness’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1590same form
Earliest quotation: 1590, Edmund Spenser, Book I, Canto XII: “when to her they came, / Themselues to ground…”
Every English word from Old French humblesse
Today it means
noun Humility, humbleness.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French humblesse / humblesse