memoir

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A book in which someone writes about their own life and experiences.

   After retiring, the actor wrote a memoir about his early career.

Etymology tree Latin memor Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin memoria French mémoireder. English memoir From French mémoire (“memoir”), from Latin memoria (“memory”). Doublet of memoria and memory.

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