English
consider
Consider comes from Middle English consideren, from Middle French considerer, from Latin cōnsīderō ‘to examine, look at’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsīderōas considerare‘to examine, look at’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600considerer
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consideren‘to consider’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611consider
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsīderōas considerare‘to examine, look at’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600considerer
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consideren‘to consider’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611consider
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “She considereth a field, and buyeth it.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱe ‘Deictic particle, here’
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’
among, gain, comply, hind, likeness, kata, limbed, 33 more
through Proto-Italic *kom ‘with, along, at’
through Proto-Italic *kom- ‘together’
competition, conference, counter, concrete, con, commodity, compulsory, compel, contra, concierge, connotation, condiment, condescend, 16 more
Today it means
verb To think about seriously.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin cōnsīderō / consider