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Where does “honorifical” come from?

honorifical (English) comes from English honorific, from English Honor, from English Honoria, from English Honorius, from Latin Honorius, from Latin honorus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

honorifical (English): Or or pertaining to honorifics; honorific

Definitions

  1. Or or pertaining to honorifics; honorific

Ancestry of “honorifical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhonorificA title; A term of respect; respectful language;...
2EnglishHonor—
3EnglishHonoria—
4EnglishHonorius—
5LatinHonorius—
6Latinhonorusconferring honour
7Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
8Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
9Proto-Italic-os—
10Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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