memento
muh-MEN-toh · noun
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Origin
Memento comes from Latin mementō, meaning "remember," which is the imperative form of the verb meminī, "to remember."
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Related words
It shares its root with meminī, the Latin verb "to remember," from which the imperative mementō was formed.
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From Latin