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dishonesty (n.)
late 14c., "disgrace, shame, want of honor," from Old French
deshonesté
(13c.) "dishonor, impropriety," from
des-
(see
dis-
) + Latin
honestatem
"honorableness" (see
honesty
). Meaning "want of honesty" is recorded from 1590s.
