caveat

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)kewh₁-“to heed, look, feel, take note of”
2. Latin · learned borrowing fromcaveat“may he/she/it beware”
3. English todaycaveat

Learned borrowing from Latin caveat (“may he/she/it beware”), third-person singular present active subjunctive of caveō (“to beware of”). Doublet of show, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to heed, look, feel, take note of”).

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