Where does “mnemotehnie” come from?

mnemotehnie (Romanian) comes 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.

mnemotehnie (Romanian): mnemonics

Definitions

  1. mnemonics

Ancestry of “mnemotehnie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmnémotechniemnemotechny
2Englishmnemo-memory
3Ancient GreekμνήμηMemory, remembrance
4Ancient Greek-μήsuffix forming action/result nouns from verb stems
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-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 →