Etymology

nonshameful

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Today it means: Not shameful. Full definition →

English shameful ← Middle English schameful ← Old English sċeomfull
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Germanic*skamō
  15. Proto-West Germanic*skamu
  16. Old Englishsċamu
  17. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₁nós
  19. Proto-Germanic*fullaz
  20. Old Englishsċeomfull
  21. Middle Englishschameful
  22. Englishshameful
  23. English todaynonshameful

From non- + shameful.

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