From Middle Englishshande, schande, schonde, from Old Englishsceand, scand(“shame, disgrace, infamy, ignominy, confusion; a shameful, infamous, or abominable thing; that which brings disgrace, scandal, disgraceful thing; a bad or infamous person, a buffoon, charlatan, wretch, imposter, recreant”), from Proto-Germanic*skandō(“shame, disgrace”), from Proto-Indo-European*(s)ḱem-(“to cover, hide, conceal”). Cognate with Dutchschande(“shame, disgrace, reproach, dishonour, scandal”), GermanSchande(“shame, disgrace, ignominity, dishonour”). Related to shame, shend.