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Where does “unshameful” come from?

unshameful (English) comes from English shameful, from Middle English schameful, from Old English sċeomfull, from Old English -ful, from Proto-Germanic -fullaz, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

unshameful (English): Not shameful

Definitions

  1. Not shameful

Ancestry of “unshameful”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshamefulCausing or meriting shame or disgrace;...
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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