myEtymology.com: French etymology of condemn

Etymology of the French word condemn

the French word condemn

derived from the Latin word condemnare (condemn, doom, convict)

derived from the Latin word damnare (discredit; seek, secure condemnation of; pass, pronounce judgment, find guilty)

derived from the Latin word damnum (financial, property, physical loss)

using the Latin prefix con- (together)

derived from the Latin prefix com-

derived from the Latin word cum (with)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)

English condemn