The story
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*deh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*deh₂p-
- Proto-Indo-European*dh₂pnóm
- Proto-Italic*dapnom
- Latindamnum
- Latindamnō
- Latincondemnō
- Latincondemnāre
- Old Frenchcondamner
- Middle Englishcondempnen
- English todaycondemn
From Middle English condempnen, from Old French condamner, from Latin condemnāre (“to sentence, condemn, blame”), from com- + damnāre (“to harm, condemn, damn”), from damnum (“damage, injury, loss”). Displaced native Middle English fordemen (from Old English fordeman (“condemn, sentence, doom”) > Modern English fordeem.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.