summon

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to order or ask someone to come

   They summoned their lawyer to the office.

2. 2
   verb

   to gather strength, courage, or another resource for use

   I had to summon all my strength to get through the ordeal.

Simplified etymology

Summon comes from Latin summonere, which originally meant “give a hint” and later “call.” It was formed from sub-, here meaning “secretly,” and monere, “to warn.”

From Anglo-Norman somoundre, from Old French sumundre, from Latin summonēre, from sub- + monēre (“to warn, advise”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”).

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