mentor
A wise and trusted counselor or teacherA wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
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73 sentencesMeaning
1 sensesA wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
Mentor, Vertrauensperson, Vertrauenslehrer
наста́вникnastávnik, ме́нторméntor
a wise and trusted guide and advisor
Origin
From French mentor, from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”), a mythological characterFrom French mentor, from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”), a mythological character in the Odyssey, whose name, a historical name from Ancient Greece, shares the same root as English mind. Cognate to Sanskrit मन्तृ (mantṛ, “advisor, counselor”) and Latin monitor (“one who admonishes”), and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti (compare Latin moneō (“to warn”), causative form of *men- (“to think”).
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