406: homage Jan 18, 2016

'Homage' now means publicly shown respect, but it has changed meaning over time. Historically, the word denoted an "acknowledgment of feudal allegiance". Homage derives from the medieval Latin word 'hominaticum', from the root 'homo' meaning ‘man’. Originally, 'homage' denoted the ceremony which was a vassal's declaration that he was his lord's “man”.