(conjugation-3) to disparage, consider a person or thing as unimportant or of small value; to disregard, think little of
(conjugation-3) to humble
Wymawiane jako (IPA)
[kɔnˈtɛm.noː]
Etymologia (Angielski)
Uncertain. By surface analysis, con- + temnō. De Vaan argues that the verb temnō is likely a back-formation from contemnō, as contemnō has much older attestation. Regardless, the term likely derives from a nasal-infix verb from *temh₁-.