mentor

mentor · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*monéyeti
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΜέντωρ“Mentor”
3. French · derived frommentor
4. English todaymentor

From French mentor, from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”), a mythological character in the Odyssey, whose name, a historical name from Ancient Greece, shares the same root as English mind. Cognate to Sanskrit मन्तृ (mantṛ, “advisor, counselor”) and Latin monitor (“one who admonishes”), and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti (compare Latin moneō (“to warn”), causative form of *men- (“to think”).

Mentor · proper noun²

1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromΜέντωρ
2. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromΜέντωρ
3. English todayMentor

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”).

Words from the same roots