来自古法语humble,卑微的,来自拉丁语humilis,尘土一样的,来自humus,土,尘土,词源同humus.引申词义卑微的,谦逊的。习语to eat humble pie,赔礼,道歉,来自umbles,动物内脏,词源同loin,lumbar.动物内脏在过去属于下等食品,是给仆人或奴仆等下等人吃的,因而引申该词义,同时,由于umbles对大多数人来说都属于陌生词,词义又恰好与humble吻合,因此,拼写最终被humble所代替。插入字母b,比较number,numerate.
Don't be so humble; you're not that great. [Golda Meir]To eat humble pie (1830) is from umble pie (1640s), pie made from umbles "edible inner parts of an animal" (especially deer), considered a low-class food. The similar sense of similar-sounding words (the "h" of humble was not pronounced then) converged in the pun. Umbles, meanwhile, is Middle English numbles "offal" (with loss of n- through assimilation into preceding article).
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