honir

Old French

Alternative forms

hunir

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *hauniō, from Frankish *haunijan (“humiliate, dishonour”).

Verb

honir

to shame, disgrace, dishonor

Descendants

Angevin: heugner
Middle French: honir, honnir
- French: honnir
Mayennais: hunir
Norman: hougner
Picard: honni, banni (Athois, influenced by Latin abhorreō)
Poitevin-Saintongeais: jougner
Tourangeau: ougner
Walloon: ahonti (Forrières)
→ Middle English: honysen, honyshen, hunyschen, hounshen

References

“honnir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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