esteem

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 472 words | Copyright

esteem
A. †value, assess XV; hold in (such-and-such) estimation XVI;

B. †judge of XV; account, consider XVI. — (O)F. estimer — L. æstimāre (orig.) fix the price of, estimate (cf. AIM).
So esteem sb. XIV, estimable XVI. estimate †judge, esteem XVI; †value, assess; form an approximate notion of XVII. f. pp. stem of L. æstimāre. Hence, or — L. æstimātus, estimate sb. XVI. So estimation XIV.

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