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Where does “adjuration” come from?

Adjuration comes from Latin adiuratio, meaning a swearing or binding by oath.

adjuration (English): A grave warning; A solemn oath

Definitions

  1. A grave warning; A solemn oath

Ancestry of “adjuration”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinadiuratioswearing; adjuration
2Latinadiūrō—
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →