"Human," "Humble," "Humility," 1

       Most words have "roots," which implies they have grown from fertile soil, but certain words have grown out of "earth" itself.  You've seen the word "humus" for soil or earth; it is directly from the Latin humus:  "earth."  "Human" and "humble" and "humility" come out of the same "soil."

       We are this planet's creatures, fully attuned to sentient life here where we were given life.  To be "human" is to be of the earth...and also therefore "humble."  We designate some of our best people as "down to earth," and that quality of character as one of the most enviable.  They are "human," we say.

       "Humility" becomes a human being:  to be human is to have feet of clay, quite literally.   Born of earth, finally, we are borne to the earth.  Our language says so.