Where does “honorific” come from?
honorific (English) comes from English Honor, from English Honoria, from English Honorius, from Latin Honorius, from Latin honorus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
honorific (English): A title; A term of respect; respectful language;...
Definitions
- A title; A term of respect; respectful language;...
Ancestry of “honorific”, step by step
honorific traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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... |
via Latin honorificus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | honorificus | honorific |