Etymology

shamefully

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Today it means: In a shameful manner. Full definition →

Middle English schamefully ← Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
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  1. Proto-Germanic*skamō
  2. Proto-West Germanic*skamu
  3. Old Englishsċamu
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₁nós
  6. Proto-Germanic*fullaz
  7. Old Englishsċeomfull
  8. Middle Englishschameful
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  10. Proto-Germanic*līką
  11. Middle Englishschamefully
  12. English todayshamefully

Inherited from Middle English schamefully. By surface analysis, shameful + -ly.

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