Re: Latin Honor < ?

W dniu 2010-03-11 00:54, bmscotttg pisze:

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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com <mailto:cybalist%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:
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> > What's the origin of Latin hono:r "honour" ?
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> > < *g^Ho-h2nor-? (g^Ho- "this" + h2ner- "male,man, warrior"
> > < *H2onor- ? (through some deviant development)
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> Can't be: OLat <honos> ~ <honoris> is from <honos> ~ *<honosis>
> via rhotacism.

....as demonstrated not only by early Latin <honos>, but also by
derivatives such as <honestus> (< *-es-to-).

Piotr