Etymology

admonish

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Today it means: To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off. Full definition →

Middle English a(d)monisshen ← Old French *amonir ← Latin admoneō
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  1. Latin · derived fromadmoneō“to remind, warn”
  2. Old French · derived from*amonir
  3. Middle English · inherited froma(d)monisshen
  4. English todayadmonish

Inherited from Middle English a(d)monisshen, from Old French *amonir + -ishen (“-ish”), from Latin admoneō (“to remind, warn”), with regular shift of conjugation, itself from ad- + moneō (“to warn, advise”). Cognate with Italian ammonire and Portuguese amonir. Compare Middle English amonesten and French admonester.

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