Where does “admonish” come from?
Admonish derives from Middle English admonesten, from Old French amonester, from Latin admoneo, a verb formed from the prefix ad- and the root men- meaning "to think" or "to remind."
admonish (English): To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently...
Definitions
- To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently...
Ancestry of “admonish”, step by step
admonish traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English admonesten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | admonesten | — |
| 2 | Old French | amonester | to admonish |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | admonestare | — |
| 4 | Latin | admoneō | to remind, recall to the mind, make remember |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Middle English admonissen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | admonissen | — |
via Latin admonesstrāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | admonesstrāre | — |