myEtymology.com: French etymology of condemner

Etymology of the French word condemner

the Old French word condemner

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)

Word found in Old French