Reminisce
/ˌrɛmɪˈnɪs/noun
To talk, think, or write about remembered past experiences.
Did you know?Reminisce entered English in the 17th century through learned Latin, and its deeper ancestry is the same root that gave us memory, reminding us that remembering was once treated almost like an act of mental calling-back.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*men-
“to think, remember”
Latin
Latin
memor
“mindful, remembering”
Latin
Latin
reminisci
“to recall to mind, remember”
17th Century
English
reminisce
“to recall or speak of the past”
Modern English
English
reminisce
“to talk or think about past experiences”