Etymology

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Today it means: To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt. Full definition →

Middle English contempnen ← Old French contemner ← Latin contemnō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcontemnō“to scorn”
  2. Old French · derived fromcontemner
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcontempnen
  4. English todaycontemn

From Middle English contempnen, from Old French contemner, from Latin contemnō (“to scorn”). See also contempt.

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