Esperanto

Etymology

honesta ‎(“honest”) +‎ -e

Adverb

honeste

1. honestly

Latin

Adjective

honeste

1. vocative masculine singular of honestus

References

• honeste in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• honeste in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• HONESTE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “honeste”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Middle English

Adjective

honeste

1. honest

Middle French

Alternative forms

• honneste

Etymology

Old French honeste, oneste, from Latin honestus

Adjective

honeste m, f ‎(plural honestes)

1. honest
   • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:

     De l’utile et de l’honeste

Old French

Alternative forms

• oneste

Etymology

Latin honestus

Adjective

honeste m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular honeste)

1. honest

Related terms

• honestement
• honesté

Descendants

• English: honest
• French: honnête
• Middle English: honeste
• Middle French: honeste, honneste