onta
Italian (Fiorentino)
/ˈon.ta/
noun
Definitions
- shame, disgrace
- insult, affront
- (figuratively) damage, harm, nuisance
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French honte derived from Latin *hōnta derived from Frankish *haunitha, *hauniþu (scorn, ridicule, disdain) derived from Proto-Germanic *hauniþō (humiliation).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hauniþō
Gloss
humiliation
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *hōnta Latin
- adontamento Italian
- adontare Italian
- adontarsi Italian
- ontoso Italian
- *kaw- Proto-Indo-European
- *hauniz Proto-Germanic
- *hauniþō Proto-Germanic
- hienþu Old English
- hontage Old French
- honte Old French
- honteus Old French
- hunte Old French
- onta Galician
- 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌰 Gothic
- *haunitha, *hauniþu Frankish