Where does “dishonor” come from?
dishonor (English) comes from Old French deshonor, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre, from Proto-Italic didō, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti — to give.
dishonor (English): US standard spelling of dishonour
Definitions
- US standard spelling of dishonour
Ancestry of “dishonor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | deshonor | dishonour |
| 2 | Old French | des | — |
| 3 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 4 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 5 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 6 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
Words derived from “dishonor”