hone
English
/hoʊn/, /həʊn/
noun
Definitions
- A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
- A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hon (whetstone) inherited from Old English hān inherited from Proto-Germanic *hainō (whetstone) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃i- (sharpen).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱeh₃i-
Gloss
sharpen
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- conodont English
- conure English
- honer English
- honestone English
- honewort English
- rehone English
- stone English
- wort English
- conus Latin
- cōnus Latin
- daarheen Dutch, Flemish
- doorheen Dutch, Flemish
- erheen Dutch, Flemish
- heen Dutch, Flemish
- heengaan Dutch, Flemish
- heenkomen Dutch, Flemish
- hierheen Dutch, Flemish
- voorheen Dutch, Flemish
- waarheen Dutch, Flemish
- κῶνος Ancient Greek
- *spreǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱeh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱeh₃i- Proto-Indo-European
- *hainō Proto-Germanic
- hænan Old English
- hān Old English
- त्रिशूल Sanskrit
- शूल Sanskrit
- hon Middle English
- hone Middle English
- henen Middle Dutch
- shpërthej Albanian
- thyej Albanian
- thyese Albanian
- શૂલપ્રાણી Gujarati
- *śúHlas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *tsā(i)nja Proto-Albanian
- ᬰᬹᬮ Balinese
- ᬲᬸᬮ Balinese
- सूल Braj