- mnemonic (adj.)
- 1753, from Gk. mnemonikos "of or pertaining to memory," from mnemon (gen. mnemonos) "remembering, mindful," from mnasthai "remember," from PIE base *men- "to think" (see mind (n.)). The noun meaning "mnemonic device" is from 1858. Mnemosyne, lit. "memory, remembrance," was a titaness, mother of the Muses.