aestimo

Latin

Alternative forms

• aestumō

Etymology

From Old Latin aestumāre, from Proto-Italic *aistomāō, whose origin is uncertain. Usually explained as aes (“copper, bronze”) +‎ *temos (“cut”), so “one who cuts copper”, meaning one in the Roman Republic who mints money. The second element is then from Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- (“to cut”).

However, De Vaan finds this improbable and instead proposes a connection with Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- (“to seek”), found in aeruscō (“to beg”).^[1]

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈae̯s.ti.moː/, [ˈäe̯s̠t̪ɪmoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈes.ti.mo/, [ˈɛst̪imo]

Verb

aestimō (present infinitive aestimāre, perfect active aestimāvī, supine aestimātum); first conjugation

1. to determine the value of something; value, price, rate, appraise, assess; estimate, reckon, consider, judge
2. to estimate the moral value of something; hold, weigh, value

Conjugation

Conjugation of aestimō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	aestimō	aestimās	aestimat	aestimāmus	aestimātis	aestimant
	imperfect	aestimābam	aestimābās	aestimābat	aestimābāmus	aestimābātis	aestimābant
	future	aestimābō	aestimābis	aestimābit	aestimābimus	aestimābitis	aestimābunt
	perfect	aestimāvī	aestimāvistī	aestimāvit	aestimāvimus	aestimāvistis	aestimāvērunt, aestimāvēre
	pluperfect	aestimāveram	aestimāverās	aestimāverat	aestimāverāmus	aestimāverātis	aestimāverant
	future perfect	aestimāverō	aestimāveris	aestimāverit	aestimāverimus	aestimāveritis	aestimāverint
passive	present	aestimor	aestimāris, aestimāre	aestimātur	aestimāmur	aestimāminī	aestimantur
	imperfect	aestimābar	aestimābāris, aestimābāre	aestimābātur	aestimābāmur	aestimābāminī	aestimābantur
	future	aestimābor	aestimāberis, aestimābere	aestimābitur	aestimābimur	aestimābiminī	aestimābuntur
	perfect	aestimātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	aestimātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	aestimātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	aestimem	aestimēs	aestimet	aestimēmus	aestimētis	aestiment
	imperfect	aestimārem	aestimārēs	aestimāret	aestimārēmus	aestimārētis	aestimārent
	perfect	aestimāverim	aestimāverīs	aestimāverit	aestimāverīmus	aestimāverītis	aestimāverint
	pluperfect	aestimāvissem	aestimāvissēs	aestimāvisset	aestimāvissēmus	aestimāvissētis	aestimāvissent
passive	present	aestimer	aestimēris, aestimēre	aestimētur	aestimēmur	aestimēminī	aestimentur
	imperfect	aestimārer	aestimārēris, aestimārēre	aestimārētur	aestimārēmur	aestimārēminī	aestimārentur
	perfect	aestimātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	aestimātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	aestimā	—	—	aestimāte	—
	future	—	aestimātō	aestimātō	—	aestimātōte	aestimantō
passive	present	—	aestimāre	—	—	aestimāminī	—
	future	—	aestimātor	aestimātor	—	—	aestimantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		aestimāre	aestimāvisse	aestimātūrum esse	aestimārī	aestimātum esse	aestimātum īrī
participles		aestimāns	—	aestimātūrus	—	aestimātus	aestimandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		aestimandī	aestimandō	aestimandum	aestimandō	aestimātum	aestimātū

Derived terms

• aestimābilis
• aestimātiō f
• aestimātor m
• aestimātus
• aestimia
• aestimium n
• coaestimō
• exīstimō
• peraestimō

 

Related terms

• aestimātōrius

Descendants

• Franco-Provençal: èmar
• Italian: stimare, estimare
  • → Piedmontese: stimé
  • → Romansch: stimer
• Old Catalan: asmar, esmar
• Old French: esmer, asmer
• Old Occitan: esmar
• Old Galician-Portuguese: esmar, osmar
  • Galician: esmar, osmar
  • Portuguese: esmar
• Romansch: schmar, stumar, astmaer (medieval)
• Sardinian: istimare
• Sicilian: stimari
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *adaestimare
  • Old Catalan: aesmar
  • Old French: aesmer
    • → English: aim
  • Old Occitan: adesmar, azesmar, aesmar
  • Old Spanish: asmar
• → Catalan: estimar
• → English: estimate (via past participle)
• → Galician: estimar
• → Middle French: estimer
  • French: estimer, æstimer (obsolete)
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: estimere
  • → Early Modern English: esteem
    • English: esteem
• → Portuguese: estimar
• → Romanian: estima
• → Spanish: estimar

References

• “aestimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aestimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aestimo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to measure something by the standard of something else; to make something one's criterion: metiri, ponderare, aestimare, iudicare aliquid (ex) aliqua re
    
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “aestimare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 230
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “aestimare”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 16

1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 28