Where does “hontage” come from?
hontage (Old French) comes from Old French honte, from Latin haunta, from Frankish hauniþu, from Proto-Germanic hauniþō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱaw- — to howl, screech.
hontage (Old French): shame
Ancestry of “hontage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | honte | shame |
| 2 | Latin | haunta | — |
| 3 | Frankish | hauniþu | disdain, scorn, ridicule; humiliation, ridicule;... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hauniþō | humility; humiliation |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱaw- | to howl, screech |