honestidad

Spanish

Alternative forms

• honestad (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish onestat, onestad, from Latin honestātem. The ending was altered to conform to the common suffix -idad; according to Coromines and Pascual, first attested in this new form in the 15th century, in a work of Alfonso de Palencia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /onestiˈdad/ [o.nes.t̪iˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: ho‧nes‧ti‧dad

Noun

honestidad f (plural honestidades)

1. honesty

   Synonyms: sinceridad, honradez

Related terms

• honesto

References

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “honor”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 383

Further reading

• “honestidad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025