Origin and history of warning

late 14c., amonicioun "reminding, instruction," from Old French amonicion "admonition, exhortation," from Latin admonitionem (nominative admonitio) "a suggestion, a reminding; an admonition," noun of action from past-participle stem of admonere "to advise, warn" (see admonish). T

c. 1400, monicioun, "warning, instruction given by way of caution," from Old French monition (13c.) and directly from Latin monitionem (nominative monitio) "warning, admonition, reminding," noun of action from past-participle stem of monere "to admonish, warn, advise," from PIE *

class; a model, either good or bad, action or conduct as an object of imitation; an example to be avoided; punishment as a warning...example, precedent, cautionary tale," from Latin exemplum "a sample, specimen; image, portrait; pattern, model, precedent; a warning...example, one that serves as a warning," literally "that which is taken out," from eximere "remove, take out, take away;...

Scarborough warning "short notice or none; a blow and then a warning" is from 1540s....

The New York Board of Fire Underwriters has issued a warning against the storage, sale and use of a new form of fireworks...The Board's warning says that while the sparklers appear harmless, the solid incandescent mass is intensely hot and readily...

mid-15c., premunicion, premunition, "preliminary warning, previous notification or admonishment," from Anglo-French premunition...

.; hence verbal sense "fly swiftly," by 1928; by 1940 especially in military use, "fly low over a surface as a warning signal..." (for example that target practice is about to begin): The patrol aircraft shall employ the method of warning known as...

late 13c., auys "opinion," from Old French avis "opinion, view, judgment, idea" (13c.), from phrase ço m'est à vis "it seems to me," or from Vulgar Latin *mi est visum "in my view," ultimately from Latin visum, neuter past participle of videre "to see" (from PIE root *weid- "to s

c. 1200, "advice or instruction given;" c. 1300, "mutual advising or interchange of opinions, consultation," from Old French counseil "advice, counsel; deliberation, thought" (10c.), from Latin consilium "plan, opinion," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) +

c. 1200, "body of persons living under a religious discipline," from Old French ordre "position, estate; rule, regulation; religious order" (11c.), from earlier ordene, from Latin ordinem (nominative ordo) "row, line, rank; series, pattern, arrangement, routine," originally "a ro