Where does “Honor” come from?
Honor (English) comes from English Honoria, from English Honorius, from Latin Honorius, from Latin honorus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Honor (English): of importance or value; respect; veneration of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful
Definitions
- of importance or value; respect; veneration of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful
Ancestry of “Honor”, step by step
Honor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Honoria
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Honoria | the Latinized feminine of Honorius |
| 2 | English | Honorius | — |
| 3 | Latin | Honorius | A Roman Emperor, Honorius |
| 4 | Latin | honorus | conferring honour |
| 5 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |