Re: Latin Honor < ?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:

> What's the origin of Latin hono:r "honour" ?

> < *g^Ho-h2nor-? (g^Ho- "this" + h2ner- "male,man, warrior"
> < *H2onor- ? (through some deviant development)

Can't be: OLat <honos> ~ <honoris> is from <honos> ~ *<honosis>
via rhotacism.

Brian