English
hivemind
From hive + mind, originally applied to beehives.
Proto-Indo-European *kew- ‘to bend, curve’
Proto-Indo-European *kuHp- ‘water vessel’
Proto-West Germanic *hūfi ‘beehive’
Old English hȳf ‘beehive’
Middle English hyve
English hive
Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think’
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Proto-Germanic *mundiz ‘memory’
Proto-West Germanic *mundi
Old English mynd ‘mind’
Middle English minde
English mind
The story
From hive + mind, originally applied to beehives. As a metaphor for collective intelligence popularized in Out of Control (1992) by Kevin Kelly.
Today it means
noun A collection of minds somehow linked or unified, possibly as if by telepathy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hivemind