English
promnesia
Promnesia comes from Ancient Greek μνήμη ‘memory’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think, mind’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to think, mind’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμνήμη‘memory’
- Englishtodaypromnesia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to think, mind’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμνήμη‘memory’
- Englishtodaypromnesia
The story
Coined by philologist and psychical researcher Frederic W.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think, mind’
money, mind, music, amount, mental, mouth, remain, mention, mountain, museum, comment, monster, auto, mount, min, permanent, monitor, demonstration, monetary, mentor, monk, mint, monument, maya, monte, monastery, dementia, muse, mosaic, summon, menace, ming, mas, mandarin, imminent, mantra, mont, muster, eminent, manic, 127 more
Today it means
noun Déjà vu, a sense of having experienced some event before due to an imagined memory.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *men- / promnesia