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.
Premonition
Definition: “A forewarning; a feeling of anxiety over a future event.”
Origin/Derivation: From the Latin prefix pre (prae) meaning “before” and the Latin verb moneo, monere, monui, monitum meaning “to warn, advise.”
Related Words/Phrases: admonish, monument (statue meant to serve as a reminder or warning), monitor, summon, monster
Sample Sentence: “Julius Caesar’s third wife, Calpurnia, had a premonition about his death and begged him not to convene the Senate on the Ides of March, 44 B.C.”
Photo Caption: Percy Shelley’s poem
Ozymandias is about a monument to a once-great king.
(All information is from
www.wikipedia.org,
www.etymonline.com and/or
www.dictionary.com)