Etymology

unshameful

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Today it means: Not shameful. Full definition →

English shameful ← Middle English schameful ← Old English sċeomfull
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Germanic*skamō
  9. Proto-West Germanic*skamu
  10. Old Englishsċamu
  11. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₁nós
  13. Proto-Germanic*fullaz
  14. Old Englishsċeomfull
  15. Middle Englishschameful
  16. Englishshameful
  17. English todayunshameful

From un- + shameful.

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