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
- Or or pertaining to honorifics; honorific
Ancestry of “honorifical”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | honorific | A title; A term of respect; respectful language;... |
| 2 | English | Honor | — |
| 3 | English | Honoria | — |
| 4 | English | Honorius | — |
| 5 | Latin | Honorius | — |
| 6 | Latin | honorus | conferring honour |
| 7 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 8 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |