Where does “premonitionary” come from?
premonitionary (English) comes from English premonition, from Anglo-Norman premunition, from Ecclesiastical Latin praemonitionem, from Latin praemonitus, from Latin praemoneō, from Latin prae, from Proto-Italic prai, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂- — passed , crossed.
premonitionary (English): Of or relating to premonition
Definitions
- Of or relating to premonition
Ancestry of “premonitionary”, step by step
premonitionary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English premonition
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | premonition | A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | premunition | forewarning; advanced warning |
| 3 | Ecclesiastical Latin | praemonitionem | a forewarning; accusative singular of praemonitiō |
| 4 | Latin | praemonitus | forewarned; predicted |
| 5 | Latin | praemoneō | to admonish or remind beforehand, advise, forewarn, premonish |
| 6 | Latin | prae | before; in front; in front of |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | prai | before; in front of |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |