From Middle English mameren ("to hesitate, be undecided, waver, mutter"), from Old English māmrian, māmorian, from Proto-Germanic *maimrōną ("to take care, worry"), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-, *smer-. Related to Old English māmor ("deep thought, deep sleep, unconsciousness"), Old English mimorian ("to remember"), Dutch mijmeren ("to ponder, muse"). More at remember.
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