Etymology

month's mind

Today it means: A requiem mass or other commemoration of a deceased person held one month after burial. Full definition →

Middle English monethes mynde ← Medieval Latin dies mensis ← Old English ġemynd
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  1. Old English · inherited fromġemynd
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromdies mensis“day of the month”
  3. Middle English · inherited frommonethes mynde
  4. English todaymonth's mind

From Middle English monethes mynde under influence from Medieval Latin dies mensis (“day of the month”) and Old English ġemynd, whose principal sense was "memory".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.