Added 9 October 2026
honourable
adjective
Latin root: honōrābilis Wiktionary
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noun
Origin
From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“to honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. By surface analysis, honour + -able. In this sense, largely displaced Old English ārfæst.
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