memory

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The ability of the mind to store and recall past experiences.

   She has an excellent memory for names and faces.

2. 2
   noun

   Something you remember from the past.

   I have wonderful memories of my childhood summers.

3. 3
   noun

   The part of a computer that stores data and programs.

   This laptop has plenty of memory for editing videos.

From Anglo-Norman memorie, Old French memoire etc., from Latin memoria (“the faculty of remembering, remembrance, memory, a historical account”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (to remember), related to Ancient Greek μνήμη (mnḗmē, “memory”) μέρμερος (mérmeros, “anxious”), μέριμνα (mérimna, “care, thought”), Old English ġemimor (“mindful, remembering”). More at mimmer. Doublet of memoir and memoria. Displaced native Old English ġemynd, which took on a different meaning as modern mind.

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