Etymology

mneme

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Today it means: Persisting effect of memory of past events. Full definition →

German Mneme ← Ancient Greek μνήμη
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mneme · noun1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμνήμη
  2. German · borrowed fromMneme
  3. English todaymneme

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.

Mneme · proper noun2

Named after Mneme, one of the three original Muses in Ancient Greek mythology. [from March 2005]

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμνήμη all →

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