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the linguist Benjamin W. Fortson IV criticizes the connection with the root men- ("to think"), arguing that the connections between Minerva and wisdom emerged at a later date under the influence of Athena. Another hypothesis, advanced by the linguist Ranko Matasovic, connects the term with a possible Proto-Indo-European term méh1nos- ("moon"). Alternatively, the name of the goddess may not derive from Indo-European--it may be a borrowing from

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