Etymology

commemorabilia

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Today it means: Items that are created especially to honour or memorialize something, particularly an event, person, or institution. Full definition →

Latin commemorābilia
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  1. Latin · derived fromcommemorābilis
  2. Latin · borrowed fromcommemorābilia
  3. English todaycommemorabilia

Morphologically, borrowed from Latin commemorābilia, the nominative neuter plural of Latin commemorābilis; semantically, a blend of commemorate + memorabilia.

Words from the same roots

Latincommemorābilis all →

commemorable

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