mind
UK[maɪnd]US[maɪnd]
n
The part of a person that thinks, reasons, feels, and remembers.
n
A person's mental or emotional state.
n
A person's thoughts or attention.
v
To be upset or annoyed by something; to object to.
v
To take care of someone or something temporarily.
v
To be careful about something.
Etymology
The word 'mind' originates from the Old English 'gemynd', meaning memory, thought, or intellect. This term is rooted in the Proto-Germanic \ga-mundiz, a collective or abstract noun formed from the root \mun-, meaning 'to think' or 'to remember'. This same ancient root is the source of the Latin 'mens' (genitive 'mentis'), which gives us 'mental' and 'mentality', illustrating a deep Indo-European connection concerning the faculty of thought. Over centuries, the meaning expanded from its core sense of 'memory' to encompass the broader concepts of intellect, consciousness, intention, and attention that we associate with the word today.
Analysis
The modern English word 'mind' is a simplex word derived from a single, tightly fused Old English root. It is not productively segmentable into smaller, meaningful morphemes in contemporary English.
Examples
She has a very sharp and analytical mind.
Would you mind closing the window?
He promised to mind the children while their parents were out.