μέμαα
Ancient Greek
verb form
Definitions
- to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *men- (think, stand out, stay, tower, mountain, stand still, mind, have in mind, project, remember, change, remain, rmemeber, small).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*men-
Gloss
think, stand out, stay, tower, mountain, stand still, mind, have in mind, project, remember, change, remain, rmemeber, small
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
楼, 塔
Emoji
💭 🤔
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -mania English
- -maniac English
- demount English
- dismount English
- imminent English
- mendaciously English
- mendaciousness English
- monitor English
- paramount English
- reminisce English
- remonstrate English
- unmount English
- *montāre Latin
- ad montem Latin
- admoneō Latin
- commemini Latin
- comminiscor Latin
- immineo Latin
- maneo Latin
- manēre Latin
- mendācium Latin
- mentalis Latin
- mentula Latin
- mentum Latin
- minārī Latin
- mons Latin
- montem Latin
- montānus Latin
- mēns Latin
- mōnstrum Latin
- mūris montānus, mus Latin
- praemonitus Latin
- promineo Latin
- prōminēns Latin
- prōmontorium Latin
- remaneō Latin
- reminiscor Latin
- reminīscēns Latin
- Automat German
- -mante Italian
- mentecatto Italian
- -mane French
- mante French
- mentir Spanish, Castilian
- Μοῦσα Ancient Greek
- αὐτόματον Ancient Greek
- δυσμενέων Ancient Greek
- μάθημα Ancient Greek
- μάθησις Ancient Greek
- μάντις Ancient Greek
- μένω Ancient Greek
- μίμνω Ancient Greek
- μαθηματικός Ancient Greek
- μανία Ancient Greek
- μανιακός Ancient Greek
- μενεπτόλεμος Ancient Greek
- μενθήρη Ancient Greek
- μενοεικής Ancient Greek
- μνάομαι Ancient Greek
- μνήμη Ancient Greek
- μνημονικός Ancient Greek
- μνησιπήμων Ancient Greek
- μονάς Ancient Greek
- μοναχός Ancient Greek
- μουσῐκή Ancient Greek
- ξυμμένω Ancient Greek
- περιμένω Ancient Greek
- συμμένω Ancient Greek
- ἀμαθής Ancient Greek
- ἀμνηστέω Ancient Greek
- ἀναμιμνήσκω Ancient Greek
- ὑπερμενής Ancient Greek
- *dusmenḗs Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *memóne Proto-Indo-European
- *men- Proto-Indo-European
- *men-, *mn-eh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *men-, *mn̥-yé-tor Proto-Indo-European
- *men-es-weh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *mend- Proto-Indo-European
- *mendʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *menesweh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *mn̥(s)-dʰh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *mn̥-eh₂-sḱe- Proto-Indo-European
- *mn̥tós Proto-Indo-European
- *mn̥yétor Proto-Indo-European
- *monti Proto-Indo-European
- *monéyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *ménos Proto-Indo-European
- *méntis Proto-Indo-European
- *mō- Proto-Indo-European
- *upér Proto-Indo-European
- mentir Portuguese
- mentira Portuguese
- *gamaną Proto-Germanic
- *gaminþiją, *(ga) Proto-Germanic
- *gamundiz Proto-Germanic
- *manōną Proto-Germanic
- *minþijaną Proto-Germanic
- *minþiją Proto-Germanic
- *minþijō Proto-Germanic
- *munaną Proto-Germanic
- *muniwō Proto-Germanic
- *muniz Proto-Germanic
- *munþaz Proto-Germanic
- *mōnijaną- Proto-Germanic
- hōh Old English
- सम्मत Sanskrit
- minnigr Old Norse
- minning Old Norse
- munu Old Norse
- *mьněti Proto-Slavic
- *pamętь Proto-Slavic
- surmonter Old French
- мондан Persian
- مانده Persian
- mynnu Welsh
- admuinethar Old Irish
- aithmet Old Irish
- domuinethar Old Irish
- foirmtech Old Irish
- format Old Irish
- formuinethar Old Irish
- manadh Old Irish
- mendje Albanian
- éminent Middle French
- *ad-mentos, *admentos Proto-Celtic
- *an-men Proto-Celtic
- *anmen- Proto-Celtic
- *dī- Proto-Celtic
- *kom- Proto-Celtic
- *manyetor Proto-Celtic
- *menman Proto-Celtic
- *menmans Proto-Celtic
- *moniyos Proto-Celtic
- *man- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *mantrī́ Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *mánuš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *mányuš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *(eks)menā Proto-Italic
- *monestrom Proto-Italic
- KTLWNtn' Middle Persian
- *mata Proto-Albanian
- amāṃ Tocharian B
- mendene Zazaki
- 𒈪𒅎𒈠𒄿 Hittite