The story
- Old French · derived fromdeshoneste
- Middle English · inherited fromdishoneste“disgrace, filth”
- English todaydishonesty
From Middle English dishoneste (“disgrace, filth”), from Old French deshoneste, equivalent to dis- + honesty or dishonest + -y.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishdishoneste all →
dishonest
Old Frenchdeshoneste all →
dishonest
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.