Etymograph

English

existimation

Existimation comes from Latin existimatio ‘judgement, opinion’, from existimō ‘to value, or esteem, estimate, reckon, consider’, and ultimately from aestimō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaestimō‘to determine the value of something’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexistimō‘to value, or esteem, estimate, reckon, consider’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexistimatio‘judgement, opinion’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1918existimation

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaestimō‘to determine the value of something’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexistimō‘to value, or esteem, estimate, reckon, consider’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexistimatio‘judgement, opinion’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1918existimation

Earliest quotation: 1918, Thomas More: “Then if a man in such a company, where…”

Linked words

through Old Latin aestumō

inestimable, estimable

through Latin aestimō ‘to determine the value of something’

esteem, estimate, estimation, estimator

Today it means

noun Opinion, esteem or judgment.

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

Etymograph / Latin aestimō / existimation

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