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Where does “shamefully” come from?

Shamefully derives from Middle English -ly, Old English -līċ, Proto-Germanic -līkaz, Proto-Germanic galīkaz, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European roots ḱóm and līg-.

shamefully (English): In a shameful manner; Used to express discontent...

Definitions

  1. In a shameful manner; Used to express discontent...

Ancestry of “shamefully”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishschamefully—
2Middle Englishschameful—
3Old Englishsċeomfull—
4Old English-fulfull of; -ful
5Proto-Germanic-fullaz-ful
6Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
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