amnesty
/ˈæmnəsti/AM-nuh-stee
/ˈæmnəsti/AM-nuh-stee
Meaninga not-remembering; forgetting
Common meaning: a general pardon
- anot, without (Greek ἀ-/ἀν-)Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. · scan
- mnesmemory; to remindLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 516 · scan
- tynoun ending: the state of
‘not, without (Greek ἀ-/ἀν-)’ + ‘memory’ → amnesty
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Greek μνήμη; μιμνήσκω ‘memory; to remind’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry μνήμη, p. 516 · dictionary scan
Roots
- μνήμη; μιμνήσκω Greek “memory; to remind”
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