Mnemonist
/nɪˈmɑːnɪst/noun
A person with an exceptional ability to remember things.
Did you know?Mnemonist comes from the same root as Mnemosyne, the Greek goddess of memory, and that root also gave English words tied to remembrance, monuments, and mental recall.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*men-
“to think, remember”
Ancient Greek
Greek
mnēmē
“memory, remembrance”
Ancient Greek
Greek
mnēmōn
“mindful, remembering”
Late Greek
Greek
mnēmonistēs
“a person skilled in memory or remembrance”
19th Century
English
mnemonist
“a person with exceptional memory”