Where does “blameworthiness” come from?
Blameworthiness derives from Middle English -nesse attached to blameworthy, with the suffix tracing through Old English -nes and Proto-Germanic -inassuz to ancient roots.
blameworthiness (English): The characteristic of being blameworthy
Definitions
- The characteristic of being blameworthy
Ancestry of “blameworthiness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | blameworthy | Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible |
| 2 | English | blame | Censure; Culpability for something negative or... |
| 3 | Middle English | blame | criticism, condemnation; accusation; blame,... |
| 4 | Old French | blame | — |
| 5 | Old French | blasmer | to blame |
| 6 | Latin | blastēmāre | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βλασφημέω | I speak profanely of sacred things, blaspheme; I... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βλάσφημος | uttering ill-omened words; jinx; reviling,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | φήμη | prophetic voice, oracle; rumor; reputation |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | pʰā́mā | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-meh₂ | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |