Mnesic
/ˈniː.zɪk/noun
Relating to memory or the process of remembering.
Did you know?The root behind *mnesic* is the same Indo-European memory-root that also gave Greek *mnēmē* (“memory”) and the name of Mnemosyne, so this word sits right beside one of mythology’s oldest symbols of remembrance.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*men-
“to think; to remember”
Ancient Greek
Greek
μιμνῄσκειν (mimnēskein)
“to remind; to remember”
Ancient Greek
Greek
μνῆσις (mnēsis)
“remembrance; recollection”
Late Latin / Scholarly Latin
Latin
mnesicus
“pertaining to memory”
Modern English
English
mnesic
“relating to memory”