Etymology

condemner

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Today it means: A person who condemns or censures Full definition →

English condemn ← Middle English condempnen ← Old French condamner
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂p-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dh₂pnóm
  9. Proto-Italic*dapnom
  10. Latindamnum
  11. Latindamnō
  12. Latincondemnō
  13. Latincondemnāre
  14. Old Frenchcondamner
  15. Middle Englishcondempnen
  16. Englishcondemn
  17. English todaycondemner

From condemn + -er.

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