## Etymology
From condescending + -ly. Condescend derives from Late Latin condescendere ('to stoop, accommodate oneself'), from com- ('together') + descendere ('to descend').

## AI Etymology
Condescendingly comes from condescending + -ly. Condescend derives from Late Latin condescendere ('to stoop, accommodate oneself'), from com- ('together') + descendere ('to descend'). The historical trail runs through condescendere in Latin and scandere in Latin. Morphologically, condescendingly is transparent: it draws on condescending + -ly. Used as an adverb, condescendingly now means "in a patronizing manner that implies superiority", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as condescending, condescend, and condescension. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

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