μνημεῖον

Ancient Greek

noun

Definitions

any memorial, remembrance, record of a person or thing
memorial of a dead person; a monument

Etymology

Suffix from Ancient Greek μνήμη (memory), μνᾰ́ομαι (I am mindful of) + Ancient Greek -μη.

Origin

Ancient Greek

-μη

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-μη Ancient Greek
μνάομαι Ancient Greek
μνήμη Ancient Greek
μνᾰ́ομαι Ancient Greek
*men- Proto-Indo-European
εις μνήμην Greek (modern)
μνήμη Greek (modern)
μνημείο Greek (modern)