## Meanings
1. To respect and approve of someone or something.
2. To look at something with pleasure because you think it is attractive or impressive.

## Examples
- I admired them for their bravery during the rescue.
- We stopped to admire the view from the top of the hill.

## Derived Forms
- admirable
- admirate
- admiration
- admirative
- admiredly
- admiree
- admirer
- readmire
- unadmired

## Related Forms
- admirably
- admiratively
- mirate
- miration
- mirative
- mirativity

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *(s)mey-
- Root: admyren
- Root: admirer
- Root: admīror

## Etymology
From Middle English admyren, borrowed from Middle French admirer, from Latin admīror, from ad + mīror (“wonder at”).

## AI Etymology
Admire is from Middle English admyren, borrowed from Middle French admirer, from Latin admīror, from ad plus mīror (“wonder at”). The historical chain also includes Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey-. The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as a verb, admire denotes to respect and approve of someone or something and to look at something with pleasure because you think it is attractive or impressive. The same word family continues in derived forms such as admirable, admirate, admiration, and admirative and related entries such as admirably, admiratively, mirate, and miration.

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- Emotions & Feelings

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