English
honorificabilitudinity
Honorificabilitudinity comes from Medieval Latin honōrificābilitūdinitās ‘the state of being able to achieve honors’, and goes back to Old Latin honōs.
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEhonōsearlier origin unknown
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhonor‘honor, esteem, dignity, reputation, office’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhonōrificō‘to honor’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500honōrificābilitūdinitās‘the state of being able to achieve honors’extension of honōrificō
- Englishtodayhonorificabilitudinity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEhonōsearlier origin unknown
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhonor‘honor, esteem, dignity, reputation, office’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhonōrificō‘to honor’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500honōrificābilitūdinitās‘the state of being able to achieve honors’extension of honōrificō
- Englishtodayhonorificabilitudinity
Linked words
through Latin honor ‘honor, esteem, dignity, reputation, office’
Today it means
noun The quality of being honourable; honourableness.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Latin honōs / honorificabilitudinity