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 CEadvertō1‘to turn to’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanimum1‘mind’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanimadvertō1‘to pay attention, attend, focus, concentrate, give heed to, consider, regard, observe’
- Englishearliest quotation 1726animadvert1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English animadvert
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1726, Terræ Filius pseudonym; Nicholas Amherst, [The Dedication]: “[…] I am daily advertiſed by ſeveral friends and…”.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadvertōWiktionary, English animadvert‘to turn to’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanimumWiktionary, English animadvert‘mind’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanimadvertōWiktionary, English animadvert‘to pay attention, attend, focus, concentrate, give heed to, consider, regard, observe’
- Englishearliest quotation 1726animadvertWiktionary, English animadvert. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 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.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “animadvert”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Latin advertō / animadvert