Where does “shun” come from?

Shun comes from Middle English shonen, Old English scunian, and Proto-Indo-European (s)kewdʰ- and (s)kew-, meaning to turn away or avoid.

shun (English): To avoid, especially persistently; To escape; To...

Definitions

  1. To avoid, especially persistently; To escape; To...

Ancestry of “shun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishschonenTo avoid, spurn or eschew
2Old Englishscunianto shun; avoid; to hate; abhor; detest
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

Words derived from “shun”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Old English scunian →Every word from Middle English schonen →