Etymology

honda

hon·da
H4O1N1D2A1

Today it means: A closed loop or eyelet at one end of a lariat or lasso, through which the other end of the rope is passed to form a much larger loop. Full definition →

Spanish honda ← Latin funda ← Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-(m)n-o
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

honda · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰudʰ-(m)n-o
  2. Latin · derived fromfundus“bottom, lowest part”
  3. Spanish · derived fromhondón“eye of a needle”
  4. Latin · derived fromfunda“hand-sling”
  5. Spanish · derived fromhonda
  6. English todayhonda

Probably from Spanish honda, fonda (“sling”), from Latin funda (“hand-sling”); or from Spanish hondón (“eye of a needle”), from hondo (“bottom; deep, profound”) (from Latin fundus (“bottom, lowest part”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-(m)n-o, from *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom”)) + -ón (augmentative suffix).

Honda · proper noun, noun2

  1. Japanese · borrowed fromホンダ
  2. Japanese · borrowed from本田
  3. English todayHonda

Borrowed from Japanese 本田 (Honda) or Japanese ホンダ (Honda).

Words from the same roots

Latinfunda all →

matafunda

Latinfundus all →

fundfounderfondfundus

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.