English
mneme
Mneme comes from Ancient Greek μνήμη ‘memory, remembrance’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *mneh₂- ‘to remind’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mneh₂-‘to remind’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμνάομαι‘to be mindful of, remember’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμνήμηmnḗmē‘memory, remembrance’
- Germanc. 1650–presentMneme
- Englishearliest quotation 1911mneme
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mneh₂-‘to remind’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμνάομαι‘to be mindful of, remember’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμνήμηmnḗmē‘memory, remembrance’
- Germanc. 1650–presentMneme
- Englishearliest quotation 1911mneme
Earliest quotation: 1911, e Forel, The Sexual question: “If the engraphia of the external world could sensibly…”
first attested First attested in English in 1921 where it was capitalized Mneme (as stated in the etymology)
The story
Borrowed from German Mneme which was coined by German evolutionary biologist Richard Semon in 1904 from Ancient Greek μνήμη (mnḗmē). First attested in English in 1921 where it was capitalized Mneme.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to remember, mind’
music, mind, money, amount, mouth, mountain, museum, comment, mental, remain, mention, monster, auto, mount, min, monitor, permanent, monk, mint, demonstration, monetary, maya, monte, monument, mentor, monastery, muse, mosaic, summon, ming, mas, mandarin, mantra, mont, imminent, mania, muster, monstrous, prominence, dementia, 124 more
through Proto-Indo-European *mneh₂- ‘to remind’
through Ancient Greek μνάομαι ‘to be mindful of, remember’
Today it means
noun Persisting effect of memory of past events.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mneh₂- / mneme