Where does “animadverto” come from?
animadverto (Latin) comes from Latin advertō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
animadverto (Latin): I pay attention, attend, focus, concentrate; I...
Definitions
- I pay attention, attend, focus, concentrate; I...
Ancestry of “animadverto”, step by step
animadverto traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin advertō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | advertō | to turn to or towards |
| 2 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Latin animus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | animus | That life-giving aspect which animates: life... |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | anamos | breath; spirit, soul, life force |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁mos | breath |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁- | to breathe |
via Latin animum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | animum | accusative singular of animus; mind |