English

good name

Credit, honour, regard, reputation.

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    Origin

    From good + name.

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    • partEnglishgood “Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishgood “good”
        • inheritedOld Englishgōd “a good thing, advantage, benefit, gift; good, goodness, welfare; virtue, ability, doughtiness; good…”
        • derivedMiddle Englishgoot “goat”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishgoode “good, well”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishgoden
        • inheritedOld Englishgōdian “to improve, get better; make better; endow, enrich”
      • inheritedMiddle English*goden
    • partEnglishname “Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishname
        • inheritedOld Englishnama
      • inheritedMiddle Englishnamen
        • inheritedOld Englishnamian “to name, mention”
      • borrowedSpanishñame
        • derivedWolofñàmbi “cassava”

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