reprimand (n.) Look up reprimand at Dictionary.com
1630s, from French réprimande, from Middle French reprimende "reproof," from Latin reprimenda "that is to be repressed" (as in reprimenda culpa "fault to be checked"), fem. singular of reprimendus, gerundive of reprimere "reprove" (see repress). Spelling influenced in French by mander "to summon." The verb is first recorded 1680s. Related: Reprimanded; reprimanding.