Where does “abash” come from?

abash (English) comes from Middle English abaisen, from Anglo-Norman abaïss, from Middle French abair, from Old French esbaïr, from Medieval Latin *exbadō, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

abash (English): To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the...

Definitions

  1. To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the...

Ancestry of “abash”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishabaisen—
2Anglo-Normanabaïss—
3Middle Frenchabair—
4Old Frenchesbaïr—
5Medieval Latin*exbadō—
6Latinēx-out, away
7Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—

Words derived from “abash”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →Every word from Latin ēx- →Every word from Medieval Latin *exbadō →
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