Etymograph

English

condone

Condone comes from Latin condōnō ‘to forgive’, and goes back to dōnō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdōnō
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcondōnōas condōnāre‘to forgive’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1963condone

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdōnō
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcondōnōas condōnāre‘to forgive’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1963condone

Earliest quotation: 1963, Margery Allingham, London: Chatto & Windus: “‘Then the father has a great fight with his…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘to give’

data, date, add, die, addition, rent, delicious, tradition, surrender, dose, vent, treason, render, donor, additive, vendor, dow, rendezvous, rendition, antidote, dowry, anecdote, addendum, dowager, dative, perdition, dower, dacha, dati, endow, sconce, 39 more

through Latin dōnō

donation, donate, 5 more

Today it means

verb To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).

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

Etymograph / Latin dōnō / condone

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