monitor
/ˈmɒnətə/MO-nuh-tur
/ˈmɑnətɚ/MAH-nuh-tur
Meaninga warner
Common meaning: a screen
Other meanings: to keep watch on
- monto remind, warnLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1161 · scan
- itorone who does
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin moneō ‘to remind, warn’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry moneō, p. 1161 · dictionary scan
Roots
- moneō, monuī, monitum Latin “to remind, warn”
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