memento

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /məˈmɛntoʊ/ UK /mɪˈmɛntəʊ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
an object kept as a reminder of a person or event

She kept the ticket stub as a memento of their first date.

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Synonyms

1 noun · an object kept as a... keepsake souvenir reminder token relic memorial trophy

Word family

Related forms memory memorial remember commemorate

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memento mori
an object, image, or expression that reminds people of their mortality

Fixed expression

Etymology

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

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# 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

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