Etymology

animadversion

A1N1I1M3A1D2V4E1R1S1I1O1N1

Today it means: A criticism, a critical remark. Full definition →

Middle French animadversion ← Latin animadversiō
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromanimadversiō“observation, criticism”
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromanimadversion
  3. English todayanimadversion

From Middle French animadversion and its etymon Latin animadversiō (“observation, criticism”), from animadvertō (“to pay attention”), from animus (“mind”) + advertō (“to turn to”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.