English
forecondemn
From fore- + condemn.
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before, formerly’
Proto-Germanic *fura- ‘before, in front of, for’
Proto-West Germanic *forē- ‘before, in front of, fore-, pre-’
English fore-
Proto-Indo-European *deh₂p- ‘to sacrifice’
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Latin condemnō ‘to condemn, convict, sentence’
Latin condemnāre ‘to sentence, condemn, blame’
Old French condamner ‘to condemn’
Middle English condempnen ‘to condemn, denounce, criticise’
English condemn
Today it means
verb To prejudge and condemn in advance.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forecondemn