mentor

mentor
{{11}}mentor (n.) "wise advisor," 1750, from Gk. Mentor, friend of Odysseus and adviser of Telemachus (but often actually Athene in disguise) in the "Odyssey," perhaps ultimately meaning "adviser," since the name appears to be an agent noun of mentos "intent, purpose, spirit, passion" from PIE *mon-eyo- (Cf. Skt. man-tar- "one who thinks," L. mon-i-tor "one who admonishes"), causative form of root *men- "to think" (see MIND (Cf. mind) (n.)). The general use of the word probably is via later popular romances, in which Mentor played a larger part than he does in Homer.
{{12}}mentor (v.) 1888, from MENTOR (Cf. mentor) (n.). Related: Mentored; mentoring.

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