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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French condempner, from [[Latin]] condemnare, from com- + damnare to condemn - see damn below | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French condempner, from [[Latin]] condemnare, from com- + damnare to condemn - see damn below | ||
| − | *Date: [ | + | *Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century] |
==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
*1 : to declare to be reprehensible, wrong, or [[evil]] usually after weighing [[evidence]] and without reservation <a [[policy]] widely condemned as racist> | *1 : to declare to be reprehensible, wrong, or [[evil]] usually after weighing [[evidence]] and without reservation <a [[policy]] widely condemned as racist> | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
*Damn | *Damn | ||
| − | Its [ | + | Its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language Proto-Indo-European] [[language]] [[origin]] is usually said to be a root dap-, which appears in [[Latin]] and [[Greek]] words meaning "feast" and "expense". (The [[connection]] is that feasts tend to be expensive.) In Latin this root provided a theorized early Latin noun *dapnom, which became Classical Latin damnum = "damage" or "expense". But there is a Vedic [[Sanskrit]] root dabh or dambh = "harm". |
| − | The word damnum did not have exclusively [[religious]] overtones. From it in [[English]] came "condemn"; "damnified" (an obsolete adjective [[meaning]] "damaged"); "damage" (via French from Latin damnaticum). It began to be used for being found [[guilty]] in a [[court]] of [[law]]; but, for example, an early French treaty called the [ | + | The word damnum did not have exclusively [[religious]] overtones. From it in [[English]] came "condemn"; "damnified" (an obsolete adjective [[meaning]] "damaged"); "damage" (via French from Latin damnaticum). It began to be used for being found [[guilty]] in a [[court]] of [[law]]; but, for example, an early French treaty called the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasbourg_Oaths Strasbourg Oaths] includes the [[Latin]] phrase in damno sit = "would cause harm". From the [[judicial]] [[meaning]] came the [[religious]] meaning. |
[[Category: Law]] | [[Category: Law]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:45, 12 December 2020
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French condempner, from Latin condemnare, from com- + damnare to condemn - see damn below
- Date: 14th century
Definitions
- 1 : to declare to be reprehensible, wrong, or evil usually after weighing evidence and without reservation <a policy widely condemned as racist>
- 2 a : to pronounce guilty : convict
- b : sentence, doom <condemn a prisoner to die>
- 3 : to adjudge unfit for use or consumption <condemn an old apartment building>
- 4 : to declare convertible to public use under the right of eminent domain
Description
- Damn
Its Proto-Indo-European language origin is usually said to be a root dap-, which appears in Latin and Greek words meaning "feast" and "expense". (The connection is that feasts tend to be expensive.) In Latin this root provided a theorized early Latin noun *dapnom, which became Classical Latin damnum = "damage" or "expense". But there is a Vedic Sanskrit root dabh or dambh = "harm".
The word damnum did not have exclusively religious overtones. From it in English came "condemn"; "damnified" (an obsolete adjective meaning "damaged"); "damage" (via French from Latin damnaticum). It began to be used for being found guilty in a court of law; but, for example, an early French treaty called the Strasbourg Oaths includes the Latin phrase in damno sit = "would cause harm". From the judicial meaning came the religious meaning.
