Etymology Word of the Week – As some of you know, in addition to working in the Admissions Office, I also teach Latin at Saint Ignatius and am something of a "word nerd." Thus, each week, I’ll sneak a vocabulary word (sometimes derived from Latin, sometimes not) into the e-blast. Here then is this week’s edition of the Etymology Word of the Week.
Monument
Definition: “A building, pillar, status, or the like erected in memory of a person, event, etc.”
Origin/Derivation: From the Latin verb moneo, monere, monui, monitum meaning “to warn, to remind”.
Related Words: admonish, demonstrate, monitor, premonition
(All information is from www.wikipedia.org, www.etymonline.com and/or www.dictionary.com)
NEW! Trivia Question of the Week:
What were the names of Alexandre Dumas’ “Three Musketeers”? BONUS: What was the name of their young protege?
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Answer:
Athos, Porthos, and Aramis (Bonus: D’Artagnan)