Reconstruction:Latin/honta

This Latin entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Alternative forms

haunta

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *haunitha, *hōnitha (“humiliation, ridicule”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhoːn.ta/

(Vulgar) IPA^(key): /ˈoːn.ta/, [ˈon.ta]

Noun

*hōnta f (genitive *hōntae); first declension

(Vulgar Latin) shame, humiliation

Inflection

First declension.

Italo-Western declension of *hōnta
Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	*ọ́nta	*ọ́ntę
genitive	*ọ́ntę	*ọntárọ
dative	*ọ́ntę	*ọ́ntis
accusative-ablative	*ọ́ntã	*ọ́ntas

Descendants

Old French: honte, hunte, hounte
- Middle French: honte
  - French: honte
- → Middle English: hountee, honteye
Old Occitan: anta, onta, honta
- Catalan: honta, onta
- → Italian: onta
⇒ Latin: *hontāre
- Old French: honter
  - Middle French: honter
- Old Catalan: hontar
  - Catalan: hontar, ontar

References

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