The human faculty to which are ascribed thought, feeling, etc; often regarded as an
immaterial part of a person (Dictionary.com).
Psychology: The totality of conscious and unconscious
→ mental processes and activities (Dictionary.com).
Etymology (EN): M.E. mynd(e), from O.E. gemynd “memory, remembrance;
thought, purpose” (cf. Gothic muns “thought,” munan “to
think;” ON minni “mind;” Ger. Minne (archaic) “love,”
originally “memory”), from PIE root *men- “think,
remember;” cf. Pers. mân, man “mind, thought;” Av. man- “to think;”
Skt. matih “thought,” Gk. mania “madness,”
mentio “remembrance;” Lith. mintis
“thought, idea,” O.C.S. mineti “to believe, think,”
Russ. pamjat “memory.”
Etymology (PE): Ment, from Mid.Pers. mênitan “to think,” Av. mainyeite “he thinks;”
O.Pers. man- “to think,” maniyaiy “I think,”
Ardumaniš- (proper noun) “upright-minded,” Haxāmaniš-
(proper noun, Hellenized Achaemenes, founder of the Achaemenian dynasty)
“having the mind of a friend;” Av. mân- “to think,”
manah- “mind, thinking, thought; purpose, intention,”
mainyu- “mind, mentality, mental force, inspiration,”
cf. Sogdian mân “mind;” Skt. man- “to think,” mánye “I think,”
manyate “he thinks,” mánas- “intelligence, understanding,
conscience;” Gk. mainomai “to be angry,”
mania “madness,” mantis “one who divines, prophet;” L. mens
“mind, understanding, reason,” memini “I remember,” mentio
“remembrance;” Lith. mintis “thought, idea;”
Goth. muns “thought,” munan “to think;” Ger. Minne “love,”
originally “loving memory;” O.E. gemynd “memory, thinking, intention;” PIE base
*men- “to think, mind; spiritual activity.”