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Where does “ムネーモシュネー” come from?

ムネーモシュネー (Japanese) comes from Ancient Greek μνημοσύνη, from Ancient Greek -σύνη, from Ancient Greek -συνος, from Proto-Indo-European -tunos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

Ancestry of “ムネーモシュネー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμνημοσύνηmemory
2Ancient Greek-σύνηForms abstract nouns from adjectives or nouns
3Ancient Greek-συνος—
4Proto-Indo-European-tunos—
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
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