Etymology

fordeem

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Today it means: To condemn. Full definition →

Middle English fordemen ← Old English fordēman ← Proto-Germanic *fradōmijaną
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*fradōmijaną“to condemn, damn”
  2. Old English · inherited fromfordēman“to condemn, sentence, doom; prejudice; decide”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromfordemen
  4. English todayfordeem

From Middle English fordemen, from Old English fordēman (“to condemn, sentence, doom; prejudice; decide”), from Proto-Germanic *fradōmijaną (“to condemn, damn”). By surface analysis, for- + deem. Cognate with Old High German fortuomen, furtuomen, Icelandic fordæma (“to condemn”), Dutch verdoemen.

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