Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗The capability for rational thought. · The ability to be aware of things. · The ability to remember things. · The ability to focus the thoughts.
From Middle English minde, munde, imynde, imunde, ȝemynde, ȝemunde, from Old English mynd, ġemynd (“mind, memory”), from Proto-West Germanic *mundi, *gamundi, from Proto-Germanic *mundiz, *gamundiz (“memory, remembrance”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”) (compare also mantis, via Greek), from the root *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Old High German gimunt ("mind, memory, remembrance"; Middle High German munst (“love, benevolence, joy”)), Old Norse mynd (“image, model”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (gamunds, “remembrance, memory, mind”). Related also to Danish minde (“memory”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish minne (“memory”), Faroese and Icelandic minni (“memory, recall, recollection”), Latin mēns (“mind, reason”), Sanskrit मनस् (mánas), Ancient Greek μένος (ménos), Albanian mënd (“mind, reason”). Related to mantra. Compare also Old English myntan (“to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve”). More at mint.
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- Root classification mention*men-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionmindeenm
- Inherited-form mentionmyndang
- Inherited-form mention*mundigmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*mundizgem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*méntisine-pro · thought
- Cognate mentiongimuntgoh
- Cognate mentionmunstgmh · love, benevolence, joy
- Cognate mentionmyndnon · image, model
- Cognate mention𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃got · remembrance, memory, mind
- Cognate mentionmindeda · memory
- Cognate mentionmēnsla · mind, reason
- Cognate mentionमनस्sa
- Cognate mentionμένοςgrc
- Cognate mentionmëndsq · mind, reason
- Cognate mentionmyntanang · to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve
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