Where does “scornee” come from?

scornee (English) comes from English scorn, from English scarn, from Old French escarn, from Vulgar Latin escarnire, from Proto-Germanic skarnjan, from Proto-Germanic skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European sḱer- — to caw, crow.

scornee (English): One who is scorned

Definitions

  1. One who is scorned

Ancestry of “scornee”, step by step

scornee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English scorn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscornTo feel or display contempt or disdain for...
2Englishscarndung
3Old Frenchescarn—
4Vulgar Latinescarnire—
5Proto-Germanicskarnjan—
6Proto-Germanicskeranąto shear
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḱer-to caw, crow

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese噫—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱer- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skeraną →Every word from Proto-Germanic skarnjan →