| 释义 | | men-1 To think; with derivatives referring to various qualities and states of mind and thought.
 Derivatives include mind, mention, automatic, mania, money, monster, mosaic, music, and amnesia.
 [Pokorny 3. men‑ 726, mendh‑ 730.]Zero-grade form *mn̥‑. Suffixed form *mn̥-ti‑. mind, from Old English gemynd, memory, mind, from Germanic *ga-mundi‑  (*ga‑, collective prefix; see kom);mental1; amentia, dement, from Latin mēns (stem ment‑), mind;mention, from Latin mentiō, remembrance, mention.
Suffixed form *mn̥-to‑.  automatic, from Greek -matos, "willing.".Suffixed form *mn̥-yo‑. maenad, from Greek mainesthai, to be mad;Ahriman, from Avestan mainiiuš, spirit.
mania, maniac, manic, from Greek maniā, madness;balletomane, from Greek -manēs, ardent admirer.
Full-grade form *men‑. Suffixed form *men-ti‑. minnesinger, from Old High German minna, love;minikin, from Middle Dutch minne, love. Both a and b from Germanic *minthjō.
memento, from Latin reduplicated form meminisse, to remember;comment, from Latin comminīscī, to contrive by thought  (com‑, intensive prefix; see kom);reminiscent, from Latin reminīscī, to recall, recollect  (re‑, again, back; see re-);possibly Latin Minerva, name of the goddess of wisdom  Minerva.
mentor, from Greek Mentōr, Mentor, man's name (probably meaning "adviser");-mancy, mantic, mantis, from Greek mantis, seer (vocalism obscure).
mandarin, mantra, from Sanskrit mantraḥ, counsel, prayer, hymn.Suffixed form men-es‑.  Eumenides, from Greek menos, spirit.
O-grade form *mon‑. Suffixed (causative) form *mon-eyo‑.  monish, monition, monitor, monster, monument, muster; admonish, demonstrate, premonition, summon, from Latin monēre, to remind, warn, advise.Suffixed o-grade form *mon-twa.  mosaic, Muse, museum, music, from Greek Mousa, a Muse.
Extended form *mnā‑, contracted from *mnaə‑. amnesia, amnesty, anamnesis, from Greek reduplicated form mimnēskein, to remember.mnemonic, from Greek mnēmōn, mindful.Mnemosyne, from Greek mnēmē, memory.
Indo-European verb phrase *mens dhē‑, "to set mind"  (*dhē‑, to put; see dhē-) underlying compound noun *mn̥s-dhē‑.  Ahura Mazda, Mazdaism, Ormazd, from Avestan mazdā‑, wise.
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