honest

(Inglese)

Frequenza

A2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈɒnɪst/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From Middle English honest, honeste (“honourable, appropriate, excellent”), from Old French honeste, from Latin honestus, from honor. For the verb, see Latin honestāre (“to clothe or adorn with honour”), and compare French honester. Displaced native Old English sōþfæst (literally “truth-firm”).

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