Etymograph

English

estimable

Estimable comes from Latin aestimābilis ‘estimable, valuable, worthy of appraisement’, and goes back to Old Latin aestumō.

  1. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEaestumō1
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaestimāre1
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaestimābilis2‘estimable, valuable, worthy of appraisement’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400estimable2
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500estimable2
  6. Englishearliest quotation c. 1596–1598estimable2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin aestimabilis
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English estimable
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice: “A pound of man's flesh taken from a man…”.

Lineage

  1. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEaestumōWiktionary, Latin aestimabilis
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaestimāreWiktionary, Latin aestimabilis
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaestimābilisWiktionary, English estimable‘estimable, valuable, worthy of appraisement’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400estimableWiktionary, English estimable
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500estimableWiktionary, English estimable
  6. Englishearliest quotation c. 1596–1598estimableWiktionary, English estimable. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice: “A pound of man's flesh taken from a man…”

Linked words

through Old Latin aestumō

esteem, 5 more

Today it means

adj Worthy of esteem; admirable.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “estimable”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin aestimabilis. 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.

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