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Where does “remembering” come from?

Remembering comes from English remember, from Old French remembrer, from Latin rememorare meaning to recall, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root wer- meaning to perceive or notice.

remembering (English): present participle of remember; The act by which...

Definitions

  1. present participle of remember; The act by which...

Ancestry of “remembering”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrememberTo recall from one's memory; to have an image in...
2Englishre-again, anew; a completive or intensification of...
3Middle Englishre-—
4Old Frenchre-re-
5Latinrĕ-—
6Latinprōdūcō—
7Latinprō-—
8Proto-Italic*pro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “remembering”

  • unremembering
  • rememberingly
  • unrememberingly
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