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mendum

“mendum” is a Latin word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. fault, error, blunder (of writing)
  2. blemish, defect (of the body)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“physical defect, fault”), which de Vaan speculates to be derived from the root *men- (“to think”), with original sense "sign, mark". Cognates include Old Irish mennar (“blemish, stain”), mind (“sign”), Welsh man (“place”), Hittite [script needed] (mant-, “something harming”).

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