Etymology

ignominy

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Today it means: Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation. Full definition →

French ignominie ← Latin ignōminia
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  1. Latin · derived fromignōminia
  2. French · borrowed fromignominie
  3. English todayignominy

Borrowed from French ignominie, from Latin ignōminia, from ig- (“not”) + nomen (“name”) (prefix assimilated form of in-).

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