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condemnable

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *deh₂p-der.
Proto-Indo-European *dh₂pnóm
Proto-Italic *dapnom
Latin damnum
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin damnō
Latin condemnō
Proto-Italic *-āzi
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Latin -ereinflu.
Latin -āre
Latin condemnārebor.
Old French condamnerbor.
Middle English condempnen
English condemn
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English condemnable

    From condemn + -able.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /kənˈdɛm.nə.bəl/
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    Adjective

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    condemnable (comparative more condemnable, superlative most condemnable)

    1. Deserving of condemnation.
      • 1861, John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism‎[1]:
        It is not the fault of any creed, but of the complicated nature of human affairs, […] that hardly any kind of action can safely be laid down as either always obligatory or always condemnable.
      • 2009 January 24, Charles Mcgrath, “Surveying the Outer Reaches of Lust”, in New York Times‎[2]:
        He’s got the one issue that’s utterly condemnable, but he was really quite open.

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