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μήμη

meme

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What it meant

1. μήμη · mēmē — Chantraine

μήμη : f. «arrièregrand-mère» (ἢ), Didyma, 11, n° 345,12. Hypocoristique à redoublement, cf. μήτηρ ; Voir Rehm, IF 61, 1954, 174 sqq.; mais V. Schmidt, Spr. Unit. zu Herondas 13 et ἢ. 39, rapproche v.h.a. muoma « Mutterschwester », et propose ce sens pour le grec. — [Chantraine, s.v. μήμη, p. 712]

2. μήμη · mēmē — LSJ

grandmother

grandmother, Milet. 7p.67.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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