Where does “honorability” come from?
honorability (English) comes from English ability, from Middle English abilite, from Old French ableté, from Latin habilitās, from Latin habilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
honorability (English): Alternative form of honourability
Definitions
- Alternative form of honourability
Ancestry of “honorability”, step by step
honorability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ability | Suitableness; The quality or state of being able;... |
| 2 | Middle English | abilite | suitability, aptitude, ability |
| 3 | Old French | ableté | — |
| 4 | Latin | habilitās | ability, aptitude, fitness |
| 5 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 6 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English Honor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Honor | of importance or value; respect; veneration of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful |
| 2 | English | Honoria | the Latinized feminine of Honorius |
| 3 | English | Honorius | — |
| 4 | Latin | Honorius | A Roman Emperor, Honorius |
| 5 | Latin | honorus | conferring honour |
| 6 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 7 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |