Etymology

memento

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Today it means: A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event. Full definition →

Latin mementō
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  1. Latin · borrowed frommementō“remember”
  2. English todaymemento

Borrowed from Latin mementō (“remember”), imperative form of meminī (“to remember”).

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