ignominiously

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁nómn̥“name”
2. Latin · derived fromignōminiōsus“disgraced; disgraceful, shameful, ignominious”
3. Middle French · derived fromignominieux
4. Middle English · inherited fromignominious“disgraceful, shameful”
5. English todayignominiously

From ignominious + -ly (suffix forming adverbs from nouns). Ignominious is derived from Late Middle English ignominious (“disgraceful, shameful”), from Middle French ignominieux (modern French ignominieux), or from its etymon Latin ignōminiōsus (“disgraced; disgraceful, shameful, ignominious”), from ignōminia (“disgrace, dishonour, shame, ignominy”) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of; overly; prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Ignōminia is derived from ig- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning not)) + nōmen (“name; good name, reputation”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”)) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).

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