Esteeming
/ɪˈstiː.mɪŋ/noun
Regard with respect or admiration.
Did you know?Esteem comes through Old French from Latin *aestimare*, a verb tied to weighing, valuing, and appraising—language that originally belonged to judgment, not feelings.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
aestimare
“to value, appraise, estimate”
Old French
Old French
estimer
“to appraise, judge the value of”
Middle English
English
estemen
“to value, regard highly”
Modern English
English
esteem
“respect and admiration”
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