The story
- Latin · derived fromcontemptus“scorn”
- English todaycontempt
From Latin contemptus (“scorn”), from contemnō (“to scorn, despise”), from com- + temnō (“to despise”). Displaced native Old English forsewennes.
Words from the same roots
Latincontemptus all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.