mind English · revision 2322

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=before 725 (Old English gemynd)|origins=ine-pro *men-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /maɪnd/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|mynd]], a shortening of [[m|enm|imynd]],^(RHWU)^(Hoad 1986) [[inh|ang|gemynd|t=memory, remembrance; thought, intention]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(AHD 2000) from [[gem-pro|*ga-mundiz]],^(Etymonline) formed with the prefix [[m|ang|ge-]] and a weak grade of [[ine-pro|*men-|t=to think]].^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(SOED 2002) Its relatives include [[goh|gimunt|t=memory]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) [[m|goh|minna|t=love]] (originally loving memory),^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966) [[la|mēns|t=mind]] and [[grc|μένος|tr=ménos|t=spirit, passion]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(MW Collegiate)^(Klein 1966)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Memory, remembrance; thought, purpose; the conscious mind: Old English ''gemynd'', before 725.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) The Middle English form ''mynd'' is from about 1175.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ “Memory”, one of the oldest senses, is now almost gone except in phrases such as ''bear in mind'' (late 14th century), ''call to mind'' (early 15th century) and ''keep in mind'' (late 15th century).^(Etymonline) ''Time out of mind'' dates from the mid-14th century; in English law it later meant the time before Richard I (1189).^(Etymonline) The sense “the faculty of thinking” arose about 1300, along with “intention, purpose”,^(Etymonline) and “opinion, way of thinking” in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline) ''Out of one's mind'' “insane” is late 14th century and ''the mind's eye'' early 15th century.^(Etymonline) ''Have a mind to'' dates from the 1540s, ''make up one's mind'' from 1784 and the American dialect ''pay no mind'' from 1910.^(Etymonline) The verb, from the noun, meant “to remember, remind” in the mid-14th century;^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) the Old English verb had been [[m|ang|myngian]].^(Etymonline) It came to mean “to notice” in the late 15th century, “to heed” in the 1550s, “to object to” about 1600, “to look after” in the 1690s and “to be careful about” in 1737.^(Etymonline) ''Never mind'' is recorded by 1778.^(Etymonline) In Scots and dialect ''mind'' still means “to remember” or “to remind”, as in Burns's “minds me o' my Jean”.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 725 – Old English ''gemynd''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1175 – Middle English ''mynd''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1300 – the thinking faculty; intention.^(Etymonline)

+ * mid-14th century – verb, to remember, and ''time out of mind''.^(Etymonline)

+ * late 14th century – opinion, and ''bear in mind''.^(Etymonline)

+ * late 15th century – verb, to notice.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1600 – verb, to object to.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1690s – verb, to look after.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1778 – ''never mind''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1784 – ''make up one's mind''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The part of a person that thinks, feels, perceives and wills; [[consciousness]].^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+ # The [[intellect]]; the ability to think and reason.^(AHD)

+ # A person of great intelligence: ''one of the great minds''.^(AHD)

+ # Memory: ''bear in mind''.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # Opinion or intention: ''change one's mind''.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # Sanity: ''out of one's mind''.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To pay attention to; to [[heed]] or obey.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # To be careful about: ''mind the step''.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # To object to or dislike.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # To take care of; to look after.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # ''(Scotland, dialect)'' To remember, or to remind.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[minder]]

+ * [[remind]]

+ * [[nevermind]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mental]]

+ * [[mention]]

+ * [[memory]]

+ * [[comment]]

+ * [[minnesinger]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ RHWU distinguishes ''mind'', the part of a person that thinks, feels and wills, as against the body, from ''intellect'', reasoning power as opposed to feeling, and ''intelligence'', the ability to learn and understand.^(RHWU) An archaeological ''mind'', an Irish gold ornament shaped like a crescent, is a separate word from Middle Irish.^(SOED 2002)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}