Hone Definition

Origin of Hone

• From Middle English hon ‘whetstone’, from Old English hān, from Proto-Germanic *hainō (compare Dutch heen, Norwegian hein), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃i- ‘to sharpen’ (compare Greek κώνος (kónos) ‘cone’, Persian sān ‘whetstone’).

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• Middle English from Old English hān stone kō- in Indo-European roots Hone in alteration of home in

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Obsolete French hoigner from Old French perhaps from hon cry of discontent

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Compare Icelandic word for "a knob".

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