It comes from the latin "honestus" full of honor, honorable. via Old french "honeste"
Its in Plautus, so 3rd century BC
The verb form for honest is "to be honest."
The comparative degree of the word "honest" is "more honest."
What sense of the word honest are you planning on using? An honest lawyer could be crooked, an honest weight could be fraudulent, honest reporting could be disingenuous, honest wages could be unfair or inequitable, honest folk could be pretentious, an honest critique could be insincere, an honest answer could be deceptive
The comparative form of "honest" is "more honest."
The comparative form of "honest" is "more honest," and the superlative form is "most honest."
The etymology of etymology is from the greek etumologia which means "true sense of a word"
because in most words that has an h the h is silent
Etymology is the opposite of Antipodes
The Latin etymology of the word "etymology" comes from the Latin word "etymologia," which means the study of the true meanings and origins of words.
No, a thesaurus does not give the etymology of a word. However, the etymology can be found in a dictionary.
No, a thesaurus does not give the etymology of a word. However, the etymology can be found in a dictionary.
The etymology of art is the history of art
I'd like to know the etymology of that word.
the etymology of the word ''cereal'' is from laitin
This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology
The study of word origins is called etymology. In my student days I was told that it is one of the less exact areas of historical linguistics.
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