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- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀμνησία“forgetfulness”
- Latin · derived fromamnesia
- English todayamnesia
From modified Latin amnesia, from Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, “forgetfulness”), a noun derivation from μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō, “to remind, to remember”) prefixed with the alpha privative.
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