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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *men-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmɔ.ne.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmɔː.ne.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''moneō''' (present infinitive monēre, perfect active monuī, supine monitum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*moneje-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*mon-eie-|t=to make think of, remind]], a causative of the root of [[meminī]] “to remember” and [[mēns]] “mind”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Cognate with [[sa|मानयति|tr=mānáyati|t=honours]] and [[ang|manian|t=to remind]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It was to remind or tell someone of something, as Cicero reminds Terentia about a will, and to advise, recommend or warn, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) It was to exhort, to punish or chastise, and of gods or omens to foretell.^(Wiktionary) Döderlein says that ''monitiō'' addresses the judgment, while ''hortātiō'' addresses the will.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ Its derivatives were [[monitor]] “adviser”, [[monumentum]] “memorial” and [[mōnstrum]] “portent”.^(de Vaan 2008) Juno's title [[Monēta]], said to come from it, named the mint near her temple and so gave English ''money''.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of warning.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero reminds Terentia of her will.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-13th century – English ''money'' is recorded, from Old French ''monoie'', from ''monēta''.^(Etymonline)
+ * 1540s – English ''monitor'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|remind]], tell (of).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # To [[m|en|advise]], [[m|en|warn]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # To exhort, recommend.^(Wiktionary)
+ # To punish, chastise.^(Wiktionary)
+ # To foretell.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[admoneō]]
+ * [[commoneō]]
+ * [[ēmoneō]]
+ * [[monela]]
+ * [[monēta]]
+ * [[monita]]
+ * [[monitiō]]
+ * [[monito]]
+ * [[monitor]]
+ * [[monitus]]
+ * [[mōnstrum]]
+ * [[monumentum]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[meminī]]
+ * [[mēns]]
+ * [[en|money]]
+ * [[en|monitor]]
+ * [[en|monument]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}