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homage

/ˈɒmədʒ/O-muhj
/ˈɑmədʒ/AH-muhj

Meaninga man (vassal)

Common meaning: public honour

Journey through time

  1. Latinhomosource
  2. Late Latinhomaticumsource
  3. Old Frenchhomagesource
  4. Englishhomage‘public honour’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin homo ‘a man (vassal)’.

Roots

  • homo Latin “a man (vassal)”

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