memory

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)mer-
2. Latin · derived frommemoria“the faculty of remembering, remembrance, memory, a historical account”
3. Old French · derived frommemoire
4. Anglo-Norman · derived frommemorie
5. English todaymemory

From Anglo-Norman memorie, Old French memoire etc., from Latin memoria (“the faculty of remembering, remembrance, memory, a historical account”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (to remember), related to Ancient Greek μνήμη (mnḗmē, “memory”) μέρμερος (mérmeros, “anxious”), μέριμνα (mérimna, “care, thought”), Old English ġemimor (“mindful, remembering”). More at mimmer. Doublet of memoir and memoria. Displaced native Old English myne (whence English min) and Old English ġemynd, which took on a different meaning as modern mind.

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