English

fat-shame

From fat + shame (verb).

A compound of fat + shame

Proto-West Germanic *fait

Proto-West Germanic *faitijan ‘to make fat’

Proto-West Germanic *faitid ‘fatted’

Old English fǣtt ‘fatted’

Middle English fat ‘fattened’

English fat

Proto-Germanic *skamō

Proto-West Germanic *skamu

Old English sċamu ‘shame’

Middle English schame ‘modesty’

English shame

Today it means

verb To criticise or deride (someone) because of their overweightness or obesity.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fat-shame