Etymology

shamefulness

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Today it means: The property of being shameful. Full definition →

Middle English schamefulnesse ← Old English sċeomfull ← Proto-Germanic *fullaz
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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. Middle Englishschamefulnesse
  10. English todayshamefulness

Inherited from Middle English schamefulnesse. By surface analysis, shameful + -ness.

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