Homage

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Middle English: Old French, from medieval Latin hominaticum, from Latin homo, homin- ‘man’ (the original use of the word denoted the ceremony by which a vassal declared himself to be his lord's ‘man’).

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From Middle English homage, from Old French homage, hommage, from Medieval Latin hominaticum(“homage, the service of a vassal or 'man'”) and Late Latin homaticum, from Latin homo(“a man, in Medieval Latin a vassal”) + -aticum(“pertaining to”). The American pronunciations in /-ɑːʒ/ and with silent h are due to confusion with the near-synonym hommage, which is indeed pronounced /oʊˈmɑːʒ/.

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homage (n.)

c. 1300, "ceremony or act of acknowledging one's faithfulness to a feudal lord; feudal allegiance," earlier "body of vassals of a feudal king" (early 13c.), from Old French omage, homage "allegiance or respect for one's feudal lord" (12c., Modern French hommage), from homme "man," in Medieval Latin "a vassal," from Latin homo (genitive hominis) "man" (see homunculus). Figurative sense of "reverence, honor shown" is from late 14c.

homage (v.)

1590s (agent noun homager is from c. 1400), from homage (n.). Related: Homaged; homaging.