First at end of 16th century; borrowed from Middle French estimer, borrowed from Latin aestimō.
See estimate and aim, an older word, partly a doublet.
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(uncountable, usually) Assessment, estimation, or regard; especially; favourable estimation or regard.
We hold her in high esteem.
Many liqueurs, among them chartreuse and benedictine, have long been held in great esteem as aphrodisiac aids. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 138:
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mi kōtua (favourable regard) · sv vördnad (favourable regard) · it stima (favourable regard) · de Achtung (favourable regard) · es miramiento (favourable regard) · ota شان (favourable regard) · af ag (favourable regard) · ro stimă (favourable regard) · la diligere (favourable regard) · cs úcta (favourable regard) · fr respect (favourable regard) · hy հարգանք (favourable regard) · chr ᎦᎸᏉᏗ (favourable regard) · fr estime (favourable regard) · bg уважение (favourable regard) · ca estima (favourable regard) · nah itta (favourable regard) · ru почте́ние (favourable regard) · el υπόληψη (favourable regard) · ru почёт (favourable regard) · es reguardo (favourable regard) · uk пова́га (favourable regard) · grc τιμή (favourable regard) · gd onair (favourable regard) · ota صان (favourable regard) · mi matihere (favourable regard) · ota اعتبار (favourable regard) · ga urraim (favourable regard) · ga gradam (favourable regard) · enm deynte (favourable regard) · gd urram (favourable regard) · sv aktning (favourable regard) · he כבוד (favourable regard) · de Wertschätzung (favourable regard) · pt estima (favourable regard) · el εκτίμηση (favourable regard) · bg почит (favourable regard) · pdt Acht (nds) (favourable regard) · ga ardmheas (favourable regard) · gd meas (favourable regard) · es estima (favourable regard) · de Ansehen (favourable regard) · fi kunnioitus (favourable regard) · ru уваже́ние (favourable regard) · uk шана́ (favourable regard) · ca estimació (favourable regard) · nl achting (favourable regard)
First at end of 16th century; borrowed from Middle French estimer, borrowed from Latin aestimō.
See estimate and aim, an older word, partly a doublet.
Meanings
To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.
You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it. 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
Will he esteem thy riches? 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 36:19:
To regard something as valuable; to prize.
To look upon something in a particular way.
Thou shouldest (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence. 1535, Edmund Bonner, De vera obedientia by Stephen Gardiner (Preface)
Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 32:15:
And greatly do I respect the solid character, — a blockhead, thou wilt say; yes, but a well-conditioned blockhead, and the best-conditioned, — who esteems all ‘Customs once solemnly acknowledged’ to be ultimate, divine, and the rule for a man to walk by, nothing doubting, not inquiring farther. 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. V, The English”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker):
Famous men, whose scientific attainments were esteemed hardly less than supernatural. 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 9, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
(dated) To judge; to estimate; to appraise
The Earth, which I esteem unable to reflect the rays of the Sun.
la dīligō (to regard with respect) · eo alttaksi (to regard as valuable) · sv vörda (to regard with respect) · ro stima (to regard with respect) · mi kauanuanu (to regard with respect) · sv uppskattning (to regard as valuable) · ro aprecia (to regard with respect) · mi whakamiha (to regard with respect) · de schätzen (to regard with respect) · mi rāhiri (to regard with respect) · it stimare (to regard as valuable) · ja 珍重する (to regard as valuable) · el υπολήπτομαι (to regard with respect) · mi kaingākau (to regard as valuable) · nl achten (to regard with respect) · cs vážit si (to regard as valuable) · ru почита́ть (to regard with respect) · mi monoa (to regard with respect) · el τρέφω εκτίμηση (to regard with respect) · fi kunnioittaa (to regard with respect) · ja 敬う (to regard with respect) · ja 貴ぶ (to regard as valuable) · cs ctít (to regard with respect) · fr respecter (to regard with respect) · de achten (to regard with respect) · ja 重んじる (to regard as valuable) · de ansehen (to regard with respect) · pms stimà (to regard as valuable) · el σέβομαι (to regard with respect) · ru цени́ть (to regard as valuable) · ru чтить (to regard with respect) · ja 重んじる (to regard with respect) · mi monowa (to regard with respect) · fi arvostaa (to regard as valuable) · pl szanować (to regard with respect) · el εκτιμώ (to regard with respect) · uk поважа́ти (to regard with respect) · cs respektovat (to regard with respect) · nl waarderen (to regard with respect) · cs uznávat (to regard with respect) · bg почитам (to regard with respect) · ru уважа́ть (to regard with respect) · nl prijzen (to regard with respect) · cs uctívat (to regard with respect) · ja 尊敬する (to regard with respect) · uk шанува́ти (to regard with respect) · bg уважавам (to regard with respect) · pt estimar (to regard with respect) · cs oceňovat (to regard as valuable) · el τρέφω σεβασμό (to regard with respect) · ja 重視する (to regard as valuable)