honte

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French word honte comes from Proto-Indo-European *kaw-, Proto-Germanic - iþō, and later Proto-Germanic *hauniz (Despised, poor, miserable.)

*kaw- (Proto-Indo-European)

- iþō (Proto-Germanic)

*hauniz (Proto-Germanic)

Despised, poor, miserable.

*hauniþō (Proto-Germanic)

Humiliation. Humility.

*hōnitha (Frankish)

hunte (Old French)

honte (French)

Shame (feeling).

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