English Language & Usage Asked on June 30, 2021
you should feel ashamed
Why does ‘for shame’ mean that? ‘Shame’ there is easily understandable, but I can’t understand why ‘for’ is used there for that function. Did it originate in a longer phrase?
Probably from forshame:
From Middle English forshamen, from Old English forscamian (“to make ashamed, be ashamed, be modest”); equivalent to for- + shame.
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the expression "for shame" dates back to the 14th century as suggested by Dictionary.com
Correct answer by user 66974 on June 30, 2021
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