French word honte comes from Proto-Indo-European *kaw-, Proto-Germanic - iþō, and later Proto-Germanic *hauniz (Despised, poor, miserable.)

Detailed word origin of honte

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
*kaw-	Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
- iþō	Proto-Germanic (gem-pro)
*hauniz	Proto-Germanic (gem-pro)	Despised, poor, miserable.
*hauniþō	Proto-Germanic (gem-pro)	Humiliation. Humility.
*hōnitha	Frankish (frk)
hunte	Old French (fro)
honte	French (fra)	Shame (feeling).

Words with the same origin as honte