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==Etymology==
− It is [[bor|la|vetō|t=I forbid]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) the first person singular present indicative of ''vetāre'' “to forbid”, a verb of unknown origin.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) The Roman tribunes of the people used the word when opposing measures of the Senate or the magistrates.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021)^(Hendrickson 2008) Like ''memento'' and ''caveat'', it is an inflected Latin verb taken over as an English base.^(Etymonline)
+ It is [[bor|la|vetō|t=I forbid]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) the first person singular present indicative of [[m|la|vetāre]] “to forbid”, a verb of unknown origin.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) The Roman tribunes of the people used the word when opposing measures of the Senate or the magistrates.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021)^(Hendrickson 2008) Like [[memento]] and [[caveat]], it is an inflected Latin verb taken over as an English base.^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==