English
animadvert
Animadvert comes from Latin animadvertō ‘to pay attention, attend, focus, concentrate,…’, from animum ‘mind’, and ultimately from advertō ‘to turn to’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadvertō‘to turn to’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEanimum‘mind’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEanimadvertō‘to pay attention, attend, focus, concentrate, give heed to, consider, regard, observe’
- Englishearliest quotation 1726animadvert
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadvertō‘to turn to’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEanimum‘mind’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEanimadvertō‘to pay attention, attend, focus, concentrate, give heed to, consider, regard, observe’
- Englishearliest quotation 1726animadvert
Earliest quotation: 1726, Terræ Filius pseudonym; Nicholas Amherst, [The Dedication]: “[…] I am daily advertiſed by ſeveral friends and…”
A compound of *h₂éd ‘at’ + vertō ‘to turn’
Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
Latin vertō ‘to turn’
Linked words
through Latin advertō ‘to turn to’
Today it means
verb To criticise, to censure.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin advertō / animadvert