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animadvert

The origin and history of animadvert.

Etymology

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

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