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Where does “abashen” come from?

abashen (Middle English) comes from Old French esbahir, from Vulgar Latin *exbatāre, from Latin bato — dative singular of batus; ablative singular of...

abashen (Middle English): to embarrass, shame, discompose; to make ashamed...

Definitions

  1. to embarrass, shame, discompose; to make ashamed...

Ancestry of “abashen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchesbahirto amaze
2Vulgar Latin*exbatāre—
3Latinbatodative singular of batus; ablative singular of...

Words derived from “abashen”

  • abasement
  • abased
  • abase
  • abasing
  • abash
  • abaseth
  • abashless
  • abasest
  • unabased
  • abasheth
  • abasedness
  • abasingly
  • abaser
  • abashest
  • abasedly
  • self-abasing
  • abashlessly
  • self-abased
  • self-abasement
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