mentor English · revision 62

+ ==Etymology==

+ First recorded in 1750,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) or 1616 according to Merriam-Webster.^(MW Collegiate) It is [[bor|fr|mentor]], an appellative use of the name of [[grc|Μέντωρ|tr=Méntōr]],^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary) the friend of Odysseus and adviser of Telemachus in the ''Odyssey''.^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary) The general use probably comes through later popular romances, in which Mentor plays a larger part than in Homer.^(Etymonline)

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+ The name has the form of an agent noun from the root ''*men-'' “to think”, and may have been chosen as meaning “adviser”;^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) compare Latin ''monitor''.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==References==

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