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==Origin==
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French condescendre, from Late Latin condescendere, from [[Latin]] com- + descendere to [[descend]]
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French condescendre, from Late Latin condescendere, from [[Latin]] com- + descendere to [[descend]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
in medieval Latin to be complaisant or compliant, to accede to any one's [[opinion]], etc.; in French also to come down from one's [[rights]] or claims, to yield [[consent]], acquiesce.
in medieval Latin to be complaisant or compliant, to accede to any one's [[opinion]], etc.; in French also to come down from one's [[rights]] or claims, to yield [[consent]], acquiesce.