mind

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The part of a person that thinks, feels, and remembers.

   He has a sharp mind and learns new things quickly.

2. 2
   noun

   The ability to think clearly and reason.

   There was no doubt in her mind that they would win.

3. 3
   noun

   Attention or the ability to focus on something.

   I can't keep my mind on what I'm doing with all this noise.

4. 4
   noun

   A very intelligent person.

   He was one of the great minds of the last century.

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Simplified etymology

Mind is an Old English word whose ancient root is shared with Latin mens ‘mind’. The Latin word also lies behind demented, mental, and mention.

From Middle English minde, munde, imynde, imunde, ȝemynde, ȝemunde, from Old English mynd, ġemynd (“mind, memory”), from Proto-West Germanic *mundi, *gamundi, from Proto-Germanic *mundiz, *gamundiz (“memory, remembrance”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”) (compare also mantis, via Greek), from the root *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Old High German gimunt ("mind, memory, remembrance"; Middle High German munst (“love, benevolence, joy”)), Old Norse mynd (“image, model”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (gamunds, “remembrance, memory, mind”). Related also to Danish minde (“memory”), Swedish minne (…

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