Etymology

memoria

me·mo·ri·a
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Today it means: One of the five canons of classical rhetoric: the discipline of memory and recall. Full definition →

Latin memoria
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  1. Latin · borrowed frommemoria
  2. English todaymemoria

Borrowed from Latin memoria, from memor (“mindful, remembering”). Doublet of memoir and memory.

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