animadvert

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wert-“to turn around”
2. Latin · derived fromvertō“to turn”
3. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂éd“at; near”
4. Latin · derived fromad-“to”
5. Latin · derived fromadvertō“to turn to”
6. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂enh₁mos“breath”
7. Latin · derived fromanimum“mind”
8. Latin · derived fromanimadvertō
9. English todayanimadvert

From Latin animadvertō, from Latin animum (“mind”) (accusative singular of animus (“mind; soul; life force”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos (“breath”), from *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”)) + Latin advertō (“to turn to”) (from Latin ad- (“to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at; near”) + Latin vertō (“to turn”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn around”)).

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