English

mind

/maɪnd/
The capability for rational thought.

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    Origin

    From Middle English minde, munde, imynde, imunde, ȝemynde, ȝemunde, from Old English mynd, ġemynd (“mind, memory”), from Proto-West Germanic *mundi, *gamundi, from Proto-Germanic *mundiz, *gamundiz (“memory, remembrance”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”) (compare also mantis, via Greek), from the root *men- (“to think”).

    Cognate with Old High German gimunt ("mind, memory, remembrance"; Middle High German munst (“love, benevolence, joy”)), Old Norse mynd (“image, model”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (gamunds, “remembrance, memory, mind”). Related also to Danish minde (“memory”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish minne (“memory”), Faroese and Icelandic minni (“memory, recall, recollection”), Latin mēns (“mind, reason”), Sanskrit मनस् (mánas), Ancient Greek μένος (ménos), Albanian mënd (“mind, reason”). Related to mantra. Compare also Old English myntan (“to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve”). More at mint.

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    • rootProto-Indo-European*men- “small”
    • inheritedMiddle Englishminde
      • inheritedOld Englishmynd
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*mundi
          • inheritedProto-Germanic*mundiz
            • inheritedProto-Indo-European*méntis “thought”
              • derivedProto-Indo-European*mend- “defect; fault”
              • partProto-Indo-European*-tis

    Related: Old High German gimunt, Middle High German munst, Old Norse mynd, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃, Danish minde, nb,nn,sv minne, fo,is minni, Latin mēns, Sanskrit मनस्, Ancient Greek μένος, Albanian mënd

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