Where does “monitor” come from?
monitor (Serbo-Croatian) comes from English monitor, from Latin monitor, from Latin monitus, from Latin moneō, from Proto-Italic moneō, from Proto-Indo-European monéyeti, from Proto-Indo-European men- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
monitor (Serbo-Croatian): monitor
Ancestry of “monitor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | monitor | Someone who watches over something; a person in... |
| 2 | Latin | monitor | counselor, preceptor; prompter, warner |
| 3 | Latin | monitus | advised, warned, having been advised; reminded,... |
| 4 | Latin | moneō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | moneō | to remind, to warn |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | monéyeti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |