Etymograph

English

existimation

Existimation comes from Latin existimatio ‘judgement, opinion’, from existimō ‘to value, or esteem, estimate, reckon, consider’, and ultimately from aestimō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaestimō1‘to determine the value of something’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexistimō2‘to value, or esteem, estimate, reckon, consider’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexistimatio3‘judgement, opinion’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1918existimation3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin existimo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin existimatio
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English existimation
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1918, Thomas More: “Then if a man in such a company, where…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaestimōWiktionary, Latin existimo‘to determine the value of something’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexistimōWiktionary, Latin existimatio‘to value, or esteem, estimate, reckon, consider’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexistimatioWiktionary, English existimation‘judgement, opinion’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1918existimationWiktionary, English existimation. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1918, Thomas More: “Then if a man in such a company, where…”

Linked words

through Old Latin aestumō

inestimable, estimable

through Latin aestimō ‘to determine the value of something’

esteem, estimate, estimation, estimator

Today it means

noun Opinion, esteem or judgment.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “existimation”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin existimo, Latin existimatio. 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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