An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/verdammen

by Friedrich Kluge

verdammen, vb., ‘to condemn, anathematise,’ from the equiv. MidHG. verdamnen, OHG. firdamnôn; borrowed, like other ecclesias. terms in the OHG. period, from Lat. damnâre (comp. Fr. damner, Ital. damnare), with the prefix ver- to give a bad sense to the word. —