estimer

• æstimer (obsolete)

From Middle French estimer, from Old French estimer, a learned borrowing from Latin aestimāre. Displaced inherited Old French esmer, which had become homonymous with aimer (“to love”). By Middle French times, it had entered the vernacular to some extent; accordingly the form étimer is attested in the 17th century, albeit rarely.

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.ti.me/

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estimer

1. (transitive) to estimate, to calculate roughly
2. (transitive) to esteem, to hold in high regard
3. (transitive) to give some thought to, to consider

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• sous-estimer

• → Norwegian Bokmål: estimere

• “estimer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• ermites, meistre, mérites, métiers, remîtes

Inherited from Old French estimer, a learned borrowing from Latin aestimō, from Old Latin aestumō, from Proto-Italic *aistomāō. Replaced inherited Old French esmer.

estimer

1. to think; to consider; to have the opinion (that)

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• estimable

• French: estimer, æstimer (obsolete)
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: estimere
• → English: esteem

• “estimer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

estimer

1. imperative of estimere

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• esmer (inherited)

Learned borrowing from Latin aestimāre from the end of the 13th to the early 14th c.

estimer

1. to think; to consider; to have the opinion (that)

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• Middle French: estimer
  • French: estimer, æstimer (obsolete)
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: estimere
  • → English: esteem

• “estimer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (estimer)
• estimer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub