Where does “mnemotehnic” come from?

mnemotehnic (Romanian) comes from French mnémotechnique, from French mnémotechnie, from English mnemo-, from Ancient Greek μνήμη, from Ancient Greek -μή, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

mnemotehnic (Romanian): mnemonic

Definitions

  1. mnemonic

Ancestry of “mnemotehnic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmnémotechniquemnemonic
2Frenchmnémotechniemnemotechny
3Englishmnemo-memory
4Ancient GreekμνήμηMemory, remembrance
5Ancient Greek-μήsuffix forming action/result nouns from verb stems
6Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
7Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →Every word from Ancient Greek -μός →Every word from Ancient Greek -μή →