The story
- Middle Dutch · derived fromHondt
- Dutch · borrowed fromHondius
- Latin · borrowed fromHondius
- English todayHondius
Borrowed from Latin Hondius and Dutch Hondius, from Middle Dutch Hondt (de Hondt, D'Hondt, Dhondt, Hondt), from hont/hondt/hond (“hound,dog”).
Words from the same roots
Middle DutchHondt all →
Canisius
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.