Hi,

I have to present the “Word of the Day” next week in a presentation and don’t know how I would say this in Engligh in front of an audience.  Can someone help me?

Etymology: 1585–95; < L contemplātus ptp. of contemplāre, contemplārī to survey, observe, equiv. to con- con- + templ(um) space marked off for augural observation, temple + -ātus -ate 1

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Etymology: 1585–95

As one documentary reference source Oxford English Dictionary can more often than not be specifically useful on chronological data of recorded introduction to our written speech.

< L contemplātus

Here our English word “contemplate” appears to be directly borrowed from perfect participle contemplātus which then hinges upon supine fourth declension masc. accusative contemplātum of dictionary keyword entry contemplāre and its deponent alter ego contemplārī both meaning “to survey, observe” whether used in the abstract figurative or strictly literal sense.

equiv. to. . . con- + templ(um) space marked off for augural observation, temple

Adverbial prefix con due to partial assimilation of yet unchanged Latin element com “together, with” also has prepositional aspect cum for its dictionary keyword entry.  Now preliterate Roman medium augur first designated someone probably rather like the original Etruscan auspex “diviner of seasonal bird migration” but such primitive ceremony was from very early on superceded by the later development called haruspicīna which meant to divine more official auspices from one unblemished liver of a young, sacrificial goat.

+ -ātus -ate 1

All of it simply tells us that Latin keyword duo contemplo, contemplor belongs to the grammatical category of a first conjugation verb.

Latin contemplārī, contemplāt- : com-, intensive pref.; see com– + templum, space for observing auguries.

http://www.answers.com/contemplate

Etymology: Latin contemplatus, past participle of contemplari, from com- + templum space marked out for observation of auguries — more at temple

Date: circa 1533

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contemplate

derived from the Latin word contemplatio (taking into consideration; in consideration of; view, survey; taking aim)
derived from the Latin word contemplatus (contemplation, pondering; consideration)
derived from the Latin word contemplare (observe, note, notice)
derived from the Latin word templum (temple, church; shrine)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tem-
derived from the Latin word contemplari (observe, note, notice)
derived from the Latin word templum (temple, church; shrine)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tem-
using the Latin prefix con- (together)
derived from the Latin prefix com-
derived from the Latin word cum (with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)

Date - The earliest known usage of contemplate in English dates from the 16th century.

http://www.myetymology.com/english/contemplate.html

. . . and whether you contemplate or consider depends largely upon your relative POV situation either standing in sacred precinct, eyes fixated upon steaming entails, or seated in your makeshift observatory with a full view of the nighttime stars!