memento C2+ Topic:People & Society US /məˈmɛntoʊ/ UK /mɪˈmɛntəʊ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun an object kept as a reminder of a person or event She kept the ticket stub as a memento of their first date. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an object kept as a... keepsakesouvenirremindertokenrelicmemorialtrophy Word family Related forms memorymemorialremembercommemorate Etymology AI details From Latin mementō 'remember!', the imperative of meminisse 'to remember', from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- 'to think'. meminisse Latin *men- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # memento **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /məˈmɛntoʊ/ **IPA (UK):** /mɪˈmɛntəʊ/ ## Meanings 1. an object kept as a reminder of a person or event ## Examples - She kept the ticket stub as a memento of their first date. ## Synonyms - keepsake - souvenir - reminder - token - relic - memorial - trophy ## Related Forms - memory - memorial - remember - commemorate ## Roots and Affixes - Root: meminisse - Root: *men- ## Etymology From Latin mementō 'remember!', the imperative of meminisse 'to remember', from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- 'to think'. ## AI Etymology Memento comes from Latin mementō 'remember!', the imperative of meminisse 'to remember', from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- 'to think'. The etymological trail includes Latin meminisse, Proto-Indo-European *men-. The same word family includes memory, memorial, remember, commemorate. Its current noun use means "an object kept as a reminder of a person or event". ## Topics - People & Society markdown