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Mention French Latin Memory Speaking Middle Mind Root

正面 973.mention
英 ['menʃ(ə)n]美 ['mɛnʃən]

背面
释义:
vt. 提到,谈到;提及,论及;说起n. 提及,说起n. (Mention)人名;(法)芒雄
例句:
1. His immediate superior has singled him out for a special mention.他的顶头上司特别提到了他。

【谐音】儿大了的——儿子变成成年人了
mention 提到,提及来自拉丁文mens,思考,思想,记忆,词源同mind,mania.引申词义想起,提到,提及。
mentionmention: [14] The etymological notion underlying mention is of ‘reminding’. For it comes via Old French from Latin mentiō, which originally meant ‘remembrance’ (it was a derivative of the Indo-European base *men-, which also produced English memory, remember, etc). It developed via ‘cause to remember something by speaking or writing of it’ (a sense still present in Middle English) to simply ‘refer to something’.=> memory, mind, remembermention (n.)c. 1300, "a note, reference," from Old French mencion "mention, memory, speech," from Latin mentionem (nominative mentio) "a calling to mind, a speaking of, a making mention," from root of Old Latin minisci "to think," related to mens (genitive mentis) "mind," from PIE root *men- (1) "think" (see mind (n.)).mention (v.)1520s, from mention (n.) or else from Middle French mentionner, from Old French mencion. Related: Mentioned; mentioning; mentionable. Don't mention it as a conventional reply to expressions of gratitude or apology is attested from 1840."

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