Where does “honorworthy” come from?
honorworthy (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...
Ancestry of “honorworthy”, step by step
honorworthy 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 English Worthy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Worthy | OS grid ref SS8548 |
| 2 | English | -ly | Used to form adjectives from nouns, the... |
| 3 | English | grisly | Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying;... |
| 4 | Middle English | grisely | — |
| 5 | Old English | grisliċ | grisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid |
| 6 | Old English | -līċ | suffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *-līk | — |