Etymology

pervigilation

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Today it means: Careful watching. Full definition →

Latin pervigilātiō
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  1. Latin · borrowed frompervigilātiō
  2. English todaypervigilation

From Latin pervigilātiō, from pervigilō (“to keep watch all night”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.