mneme
mneme · mnemes
Persisting effect of memory of past eventsPersisting effect of memory of past events.
/ˈniːmi/
Meaning
1 sensesPersisting effect of memory of past events.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Borrowed from German Mneme which was coined by German evolutionary biologist Richard SemonBorrowed from German Mneme which was coined by German evolutionary biologist Richard Semon in 1904 from Ancient Greek μνήμη (mnḗmē). First attested in English in 1921 where it was capitalized Mneme.
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