Etymology

The original meaning of Old English gemynd was the faculty of memory, not of thought in
general.[citation needed] Hence call to mind, come to mind, keep in mind, to have mind of, etc. The
word retains this sense in Scotland.[citation needed] Old English had other words to express "mind",
such as hyge "mind, spirit".[citation needed]
The meaning of "memory" is shared with Old Norse, which has munr. The word is originally
from a PIE verbal root *men-, meaning "to think, remember", whence also Latin mens "mind",
Sanskrit manas "mind" and Greek "mind, courage, anger".
The generalization of mind to include all mental faculties, thought, volition, feeling and memory,
gradually develops over the 14th and 15th centuries.[5]