αμνησία

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía), semantic loan from French amnésie, from Ancient Greek privative ἀ- (a-) + stem μνη- of verb μιμνῄσκω (mimnḗiskō, remind) + suffix for abstract feminine nouns -σία (-sía)[1][2]

Noun

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αμνησία (amnisíaf (plural αμνησίες)

  1. amnesia

Declension

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Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ αμνησία”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
  2. ^ αμνησία - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre