memorial的词源

英文词源

memorial (adj.)

late 14c., "memorable, excellent; remembered, committed to memory," from Old French memorial "mindful of, remembering," from Latin memorialis (adj.) "of or belonging to memory," from memoria "memory" (see memory).

memorial (n.)

late 14c., "fame, renown, reputation," also "commemorative gesture, monument, or rite;" in general, "something by which the memory of a person, thing, or event is preserved," from Old French memorial "record, report," and directly from Late Latin memoriale "a memorial," noun use of neuter of Latin memorialis (adj.) "of or belonging to memory," from memoria "memory" (see memory). Meaning "memorial act, commemoration" is from mid-15c.

中文词源

memorial：记忆的

来自memory,记忆。

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

memorial：纪念碑，纪念物，纪念馆

来源于拉丁语名词memoria(记忆,记得)。

词根词缀： -memor-记忆 + -i- + -al名词词尾