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premonition

The origin and history of premonition.

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman premunition, from Ecclesiastical Latin praemonitio ("a forewarning"), from Latin praemoneo ("to warn beforehand"), from prae- ("before") plus moneo ("to warn") — the same root that gives us "monitor."

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