English
considerance
Considerance comes from Latin cōnsīderāns ‘examining, inspecting’, from cōnsīderō ‘consider’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱóm1‘beside, near, by, with’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kom1‘with, along, at’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kom-1‘together’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsīderō2‘consider’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsīderāns3‘examining, inspecting’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconsiderantia4
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1596–1599considerance4
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin con-
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin considerans
- 3 Wiktionary, Latin considerantia
- 4 Wiktionary, English considerance
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.: “After this cold considerance, sentence me”.
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱómWiktionary, Latin con-‘beside, near, by, with’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*komWiktionary, Latin con-‘with, along, at’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kom-Wiktionary, Latin con-‘together’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsīderōWiktionary, Latin considerans‘consider’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsīderānsWiktionary, Latin considerantia‘examining, inspecting’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconsiderantiaWiktionary, English considerance
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1596–1599consideranceWiktionary, English considerance. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.: “After this cold considerance, sentence me”
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, 32 more
through Proto-Italic *kom ‘with, along, at’
through Proto-Italic *kom- ‘together’
competition, conference, counter, concrete, consistent, con, commodity, compulsory, compel, contra, connotation, concierge, condiment, condescend, 15 more
Today it means
noun An act of considering; consideration.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “considerance”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin con-, Latin considerans, Latin considerantia. 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 / Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm / considerance