- deign
[deign 词源字典]
- deign: see disdain
[deign etymology, deign origin, 英语词源] - deign (v.)
- c. 1300, from Old French deignier (Modern French daigner), from Latin dignari "to deem worthy or fit" (source of Italian degnare, Spanish deñar), from dignus "worthy" (see dignity). Sense of "take or accept graciously" led to that of "condescend" (1580s). Related: Deigned; deigning.