Where does “admonishing” come from?
Admonishing comes from Middle English admonesten, from Old French amonester, from Latin admoneo, composed of the prefix ad- and the root men- meaning "to think or remind."
admonishing (English): present participle of admonish; admonishment
Definitions
- present participle of admonish; admonishment
Ancestry of “admonishing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | admonish | To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently... |
| 2 | Middle English | admonesten | — |
| 3 | Old French | amonester | to admonish |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | admonestare | — |
| 5 | Latin | admoneō | to remind, recall to the mind, make remember |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |