contemno.
to scorn, despise, show contempt
Meaning & usage
to scorn, despise, show contempt
to disparage, consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value; to disregard, think little of
to humble
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. By surface analysis, con- + temnō. De Vaan argues that the verb temnō is likely a back-formation from contemnō, as contemnō has much older attestation. Regardless, the term likely derives from a nasal-infix verb from *temh₁-.
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