Where does “shamblingly” come from?
shamblingly (English) comes from English shambling, from English shamble, from Middle English schambyll, from Old English sċeamol, from Proto-Germanic skamulaz, from Latin scamellum, from Latin scabellum, from Latin -lus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
shamblingly (English): With a shambling motion
Definitions
- With a shambling motion
Ancestry of “shamblingly”, step by step
shamblingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English shambling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shambling | present participle of shamble; Who walks while... |
| 2 | English | shamble | To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet; One... |
| 3 | Middle English | schambyll | Alternative form of schamel |
| 4 | Old English | sċeamol | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skamulaz | — |
| 6 | Latin | scamellum | — |
| 7 | Latin | scabellum | footstool; a kind of percussion instrument played... |
| 8 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |