admonish
/ədˈmɒn.ɪʃ/ · verb
Meaning
- To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.
- To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
- To instruct or direct.
Etymology / origin
Inherited from Middle English a(d)monisshen (adapted through -ishen (“-ish”) from earlier amonesten), from Old French amonester (modern French admonester), from an unattested Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *admonestāre, from Latin admoneō (“to remind, warn”), from ad- + moneō (“to warn, advise”).
- admoneō(la)→
- -(la-vul)→
- -(la-lat)→
- amonester(Old French)→
- admonisshen(enm)→
- admonisshen(enm)→
- *men-(ine-pro)→
- admonish (English)
- Relations: root, inh, inh, der, der, der, der
Related words
Descendant words
- monieren(German) (cog)
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