| [[Latin]] caution-, cautio precaution, from cavēre to be on one's guard. French caution [[security]], surety < Latin cautiōn-em taking heed, heedfulness, caution; bond, security, < caut- participial stem of cavēre to beware, take heed. The earlier uses were as in French; it was only in 16–17th cent. that the original Latin sense, as a [[quality]], was introduced | | [[Latin]] caution-, cautio precaution, from cavēre to be on one's guard. French caution [[security]], surety < Latin cautiōn-em taking heed, heedfulness, caution; bond, security, < caut- participial stem of cavēre to beware, take heed. The earlier uses were as in French; it was only in 16–17th cent. that the original Latin sense, as a [[quality]], was introduced |