haunta

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Latin

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. shame

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Descendants

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

References

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