Etymology

admonition

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Today it means: A rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in one's actions. Full definition →

Middle English amonicioun ← Old French amonicion ← Latin admonitio
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  1. Latin · derived fromadmonitio
  2. Old French · derived fromamonicion
  3. Middle English · inherited fromamonicioun
  4. English todayadmonition

From Middle English amonicioun, from Old French amonicion, from Latin admonitio, stem of admonere. The -d- was restored in English in the 17th century.

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