memento

The definition of a memento is something that reminds someone of a person, place, event, etc.

(noun)

An example of memento is a postcard from a favorite trip to Paris.

See memento in Webster's New World College Dictionary

R.C.Ch. either of two prayers in the Canon of the Mass, one for the living and one for the dead, beginning “Memento”
anything serving as a reminder or warning
a souvenir

Origin: L, imper. of meminisse, to remember: for IE base see mind

See memento in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. me·men·tos or me·men·toes

A reminder of the past; a keepsake.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, commemoration of the living or the dead in the Canon of the Mass

Origin: , from Latin mementō

Origin: , imperative of meminisse, to remember; see men-¹ in Indo-European roots

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