remind

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To make someone remember something they need to do or know.

   Please remind me to call the dentist tomorrow.

2. 2
   verb

   To make someone think of something or someone because of a similarity.

   This song reminds me of my childhood.

Simplified etymology

Remind dates from the early 17th century and belongs to the word family derived from Latin memor, “mindful,” which also gave English memory, remember, reminisce, and commemoration.

From mid 17th century, equivalent to re- + mind (“to remember”). Probably suggested by obsolete rememorate with the same sense. Displaced Old English myndgian.

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