Where does “contemnō” come from?

contemnō (Latin) comes from Latin temno, from Proto-Indo-European tm̥-n-h₂-, from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- — to stretch, string; to cut.

contemnō (Latin): to scorn, despise, show contempt

Definitions

  1. to scorn, despise, show contempt

Ancestry of “contemnō”, step by step

contemnō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin temno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintemnoI despise
2Proto-Indo-Europeantm̥-n-h₂-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut

via Proto-Indo-European temh₁-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₁-to cut

Words derived from “contemnō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tm̥-n-h₂- →Every word from Latin temno →