Etymology

ashame

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Today it means: To feel shame; to be ashamed. Full definition →

Old English āsċamian ← Proto-Germanic *skamēnan
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*skamēnan
  2. Old English · inherited fromāsċamian
  3. English todayashame

From Old English āsċamian, from ā- + sċamian (“feel shame”), from Proto-Germanic *skamēnan, from *skamō (“shame, humiliation”).

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