Where does “shameful” come from?
Shameful comes from Middle English schameful, derived from Old English sċeamfull, a compound of shame and the adjective-forming suffix -full.
shameful (English): Causing or meriting shame or disgrace;...
Definitions
- Causing or meriting shame or disgrace;...
Ancestry of “shameful”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | schameful | Modest, humble; not arrogant or proud |
| 2 | Old English | sċeomfull | modest, chaste |
| 3 | Old English | -ful | full of; -ful |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -fullaz | -ful |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
Words derived from “shameful”