Etymology

scornful

scorn·ful
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Today it means: Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous; scathing; withering. Full definition →

Middle English scornful ← Proto-Germanic *fullaz ← Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós
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  1. Middle Englishscorn
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₁nós
  4. Proto-Germanic*fullaz
  5. Middle Englishscornful
  6. English todayscornful

Inherited from Middle English scornful; equivalent to scorn + -ful.

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