Where does “unshameable” come from?
unshameable (English) comes from English shameable, from English shame, from Middle English schamen, from Old English sċamian, from Proto-West Germanic skamēn, from Proto-Germanic skamāną, from Proto-Germanic -āną, from Proto-Germanic -ajaną — he, she.
unshameable (English): Impossible to shame
Definitions
- Impossible to shame
Ancestry of “unshameable”, step by step
unshameable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English shameable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shameable | Possible to shame |
| 2 | English | shame | Uncomfortable or painful feeling due to... |
| 3 | Middle English | schamen | To be ashamed; to feel shame or regret |
| 4 | Old English | sċamian | to be ashamed or embarrassed (+genitive of cause) (often impersonal with dative or accusative subject) |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skamēn | to be ashamed |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skamāną | to be ashamed |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -āną | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives, later... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -ajaną | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |