honourable

The story

1. Latin · derived fromhonōrābilis
2. Old French · derived fromhonorable
3. Middle English · inherited fromhonourable
4. English todayhonourable

From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“to honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. By surface analysis, honour + -able. In this sense, largely displaced Old English ārfæst.

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