shambles

The story

1. Latin · derived fromscamnum“bench, ridge, breadth of a field”
2. Latin · derived fromscamillum“little bench, ridge”
3. Vulgar Latin · derived fromscamellum
4. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*skamul
5. Old English · inherited fromsċeamol
6. Middle English · inherited fromschamels
7. English todayshambles

From Middle English schamels, plural of schamel, from Old English sċeamol, sċamul (“bench, stool”), from Proto-West Germanic *skamul, *skamil (“stool, bench”), from Vulgar Latin scamellum, from Latin scamillum (“little bench, ridge”), from Latin scamnum (“bench, ridge, breadth of a field”).

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