Etymograph

English

condescendence

Condescendence comes from French condescendance ‘condescension’, from condescendre ‘to assent (to)’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skend- ‘to jump up, ascend’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*skend-‘to jump up, ascend’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*skandōreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscandō‘to climb, ascend, mount’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdescendōas descendere‘to come down’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcondescendere‘to let oneself down, stoop, condescend’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentcondescendre‘to assent (to)’
  7. French, derivedc. 1600–presentcondescendance‘condescension’
  8. Englishtodaycondescendence

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*skend-‘to jump up, ascend’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*skandōreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscandō‘to climb, ascend, mount’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdescendōas descendere‘to come down’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcondescendere‘to let oneself down, stoop, condescend’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentcondescendre‘to assent (to)’
  7. French, derivedc. 1600–presentcondescendance‘condescension’
  8. Englishtodaycondescendence

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *skend- ‘to jump up, ascend’

slander, scandalous, scala, echelon, descend, skein, 11 more

through Latin scandō ‘to climb, ascend, mount’

scale, scan, ascension, scalar, ascendant, 5 more

Today it means

noun The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors, condescension.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *skend- / condescendence

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