Where does “homage” come from?
homage (Middle English) comes from Old French homage, from Medieval Latin hominaticum, from Latin homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Italic hemō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰmṓ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm.
homage (Middle English): An oath of loyalty to a liege performed by their...
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Ancestry of “homage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | homage | oath; pledge |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | hominaticum | homage, the service of a vassal or 'man'; homage |
| 3 | Latin | homō | human, person, man |
| 4 | Old Latin | hemō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | hemō | man |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰmṓ | earthling |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |