Deem
/diːm/noun
To judge, consider, or regard in a particular way.
Did you know?In Old English, the same root behind *deem* also gave us *doom*, and both originally lived in the world of judgment, verdicts, and fate.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dʰeh₁-
“to put, place, set”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*dōmaz
“judgment, law, decree”
Old English
OE
dēman
“to judge, sentence, decide”
Middle English
ME
demen
“to judge, think, suppose”
Modern English
English
deem
“to regard or consider in a specified way”