English
embarrassability
Embarrassability comes from French embarrasser ‘embarrass’, from Spanish embarazar ‘to impregnate, make pregnant’, and ultimately from Sumerian keš₂ ‘to bind’.
- Sumerianc. 3100–1800 BCEkeš₂transliteratedcuneiform keš₂, a transliteration‘to bind’
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCErakāsumtransliteratedcuneiform rakāsum, a transliteration
- Akkadian, derivedc. 2500–100 BCEmarkasutransliteratedcuneiform markasu, a transliteration
- Classical Syriacmodernܡܰܪܫܳܐmaršā
- Arabicc. 500–presentمَرَسَةmarasa‘rope, cable, hawser’
- Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500baraço
- Old Galician-Portuguese, derivedc. 1100–1500embaraçar
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500same form
- Spanishc. 1500–presentembarazar‘to impregnate, make pregnant’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentembarrasser‘embarrass’
- English1500–presentembarrass
- Englishearliest quotation 2014embarrassability
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Sumerianc. 3100–1800 BCEkeš₂transliteratedcuneiform keš₂, a transliteration‘to bind’
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCErakāsumtransliteratedcuneiform rakāsum, a transliteration
- Akkadian, derivedc. 2500–100 BCEmarkasutransliteratedcuneiform markasu, a transliteration
- Classical Syriacmodernܡܰܪܫܳܐmaršā
- Arabicc. 500–presentمَرَسَةmarasa‘rope, cable, hawser’
- Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500baraço
- Old Galician-Portuguese, derivedc. 1100–1500embaraçar
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500same form
- Spanishc. 1500–presentembarazar‘to impregnate, make pregnant’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentembarrasser‘embarrass’
- English1500–presentembarrass
- Englishearliest quotation 2014embarrassability
Earliest quotation: 2014, Oliver Leaman, Friendship East and West: Philosophical Perspectives: “Thus strategic self-demeaners often obtain their ends. The brazen-faced,…”
A compound of embarrass + -ability
Linked words
through English embarrass
Today it means
noun The quality of being embarrassable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sumerian keš₂ / embarrassability