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Where does “contemnest” come from?

contemnest (English) comes from English contemn, from Middle English contempnen, from Old French contemner, from Latin contemnō, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — resin, gum; to say, speak.

contemnest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...

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Ancestry of “contemnest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcontemnTo disdain; to value at little or nothing; to...
2Middle Englishcontempnen—
3Old Frenchcontemner—
4Latincontemnō—
5Latincom-allomorph of con-
6Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
7Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
8Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
9Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt—
13Germankitt—
14Old High Germankuti—
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
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