Etymology

shamelessness

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Today it means: The state or characteristic of being shameless. Full definition →

English shameless ← Middle English schameles ← Old English sċamlēas
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*skamō
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*skamōlausaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*skamulaus
  8. Old Englishsċamlēas
  9. Middle Englishschameles
  10. Englishshameless
  11. English todayshamelessness

From shameless + -ness.

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