The story
- Latin · derived fromreminīscēns
- English todayreminiscent
From Latin reminīscēns, present participle of reminīscor (“remember”), from re- (“again”) + min-, base of me-min-isse (“to remember, think over”), akin to mens (“mind”); see mental, mind, etc.
Words from the same roots
Latinreminīscēns all →
reminiscereminiscence
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.