Etymology

honor

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Today it means: Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful). Full definition →

Middle English honour ← Anglo-Norman honour ← Old French honor
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honor · noun, verb, interjection1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromhonouren
  2. Latin · derived fromhonor
  3. Old French · derived fromhonor
  4. Anglo-Norman · derived fromhonour
  5. Middle English · inherited fromhonour
  6. English todayhonor

From Middle English honour, honor, honur, from Anglo-Norman honour, honur, from Old French honor, from Latin honor. Displaced native Old English hād and Middle English menske (“honor, dignity among men”) (though survived in descendant mense (“property, civility, etc.”)), from Old Norse menskr (“honor”). The verb is from Middle English honouren, honuren (“to honor”).

Honor · proper noun2

Shortened from Honoria and Honora; later also interpreted as a virtue name by Puritans.

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