The story
- Old English · inherited fromsċeamfæstness“modesty”
- Middle English · inherited fromschamefastnesse
- English todayshamefastness
From Middle English schamefastnesse, from Old English sċeamfæstness (“modesty”), equivalent to shamefast + -ness.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishschamefastnesse all →
shamefacedness
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.