memento的词源

英文词源

memento (n.)

c. 1400, "Psalm cxxxi in the Canon of the Mass" (which begins with the Latin word Memento and in which the dead are commemorated), from Latin memento "remember," imperative of meminisse "to remember, recollect, think of, bear in mind," a reduplicated form, related to mens "mind" (see mind (n.)). Meaning "reminder, object serving as a warning" is from 1580s; sense of "keepsake" is first recorded 1768.

中文词源

memento：纪念品

来自拉丁语memento,记忆，来自mens,思想，思考，词源同mind,mnemonic.引申词义纪念品。其拼写me-为-men的韵律重复构词。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：memento 词源，memento 含义。

memento：纪念物，纪念品；引起回忆的东西 

借用于拉丁语中形容词memor(注意的,不忘的)派生的动词meminisse(记忆,记得)的命令(祈使)式memento。

-memor-记忆 → memento