## Etymology
From Old French condescendre, from Late Latin condescendere ('to stoop, accommodate oneself'), from Latin com- ('together') + descendere ('to descend'), from de- ('down') + scandere ('to climb').

## AI Etymology
Condescend is from Old French condescendre, from Late Latin condescendere ('to stoop, accommodate oneself'), from Latin com- ('together') + descendere ('to descend'), from de- ('down') + scandere ('to climb'). Important recorded forms include condescendere (Latin) and scandere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to behave as though superior; to deign. The wider family includes derived forms such as condescending, condescendingly, and condescension and related words such as condescension, descend, and ascend.

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