haunta

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *haunitha (“humiliation, ridicule”). Attested in the Reichenau Glossary.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

haunta f (genitive hauntae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. shame

Descendants
  • Old French: honte (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*hauniþa”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 183
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