English
consider
Consider comes from Middle English consideren, from Middle French considerer, from Latin cōnsīderō ‘to examine, look at’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsīderō1as considerare‘to examine, look at’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600considerer1
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consideren1‘to consider’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611consider1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English consider
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “She considereth a field, and buyeth it.”.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsīderōWiktionary, English consideras considerare‘to examine, look at’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600considererWiktionary, English consider
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500considerenWiktionary, English consider‘to consider’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611considerWiktionary, English consider. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “She considereth a field, and buyeth it.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱe ‘Deictic particle, here’
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’
among, gain, comply, hind, likeness, kata, limbed, 33 more
through Proto-Italic *kom ‘with, along, at’
through Proto-Italic *kom- ‘together’
competition, conference, counter, concrete, con, commodity, compulsory, compel, contra, concierge, connotation, condiment, condescend, 16 more
Today it means
verb To think about seriously.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “consider”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Latin cōnsīderō / consider