honorable

Betekenis (Engels)

Teenoorgestelde van
contemptible, despicable, mean
Frekwensie

C1
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈɒnəɹəbl̩/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

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

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