Where does “schameful” come from?

schameful (Middle English) comes 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.

schameful (Middle English): Modest, humble; not arrogant or proud

Definitions

  1. Modest, humble; not arrogant or proud

Ancestry of “schameful”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsċeomfullmodest, chaste
2Old English-fulfull of; -ful
3Proto-Germanic-fullaz-ful
4Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “schameful”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Proto-Germanic fullaz →
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