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English word brain comes from Proto-Indo-European *memóne (To remember. To think, to be mindful.), Proto-Indo-European *mregʰ-

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*memóne (Proto-Indo-European)

To remember. To think, to be mindful.

*mregʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)

*mregʰmno- (Proto-Indo-European)

*bragną (Proto-Germanic)

Brain.

bræġen (Old English)

brægen (Old English)

Brain.

brain (Middle English)

brain (English)

(in the plural) Intellect.. (informal) An intelligent person.. (plurale tantum) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.. (singular) An intellectual or mental capacity.. (slang, vulgar) oral sex. By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.. The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull [...]

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