From Old English 'gemynd' (memory), from PIE *men- (to think) — same root as 'mental,' 'memory,' and 'mania.'
The element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel.
From Old English 'gemynd' (memory, remembrance, thinking, mind), from Proto-Germanic *gamundiz (memory, remembrance), from PIE *men- (to think, to remember). The same root produced Latin 'mens' (mind), Greek 'ménos' (spirit, force, passion), Sanskrit 'manas' (mind, thought), and the vast English family of 'mental,' 'memory,' 'remember,' 'mention,' and 'mania.' The Old English prefix 'ge-' (a collective/perfective marker) was lost in Middle English, leaving