animadvert

Meaning

Verb

• To criticise, to censure.
• To consider.
• To turn judicial attention (to); to criticise or punish.

Origin

• From Latin animadvertō, from Latin animum ("mind#Noun") (accusative case singular of animus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos ("breath"), from *h₂enh₁-) + Latin advertō ("to [[turn to") (from Latin ad- ("prefix meaning ‘to’"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd ("at; near") + Latin vertō ("to turn"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wértti ("to be turning around")).