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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
me·men·to       [muh-men-toh] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -tos, -toes.
1.an object or item that serves to remind one of a person, past event, etc.; keepsake; souvenir.
2.anything serving as a reminder or warning.
3.(initial capital letter, italics) Roman Catholic Church. either of two prayers in the canon of the Mass, one for persons living and the other for persons dead.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L mementō, impv. of meminisse to remember]

Memento is sometimes spelled momento, perhaps by association with moment. The word is actually related to remember. One of its earliest meanings was “something that serves to warn.” The meaning “souvenir” is a recent development: The stone animal carvings are mementos of our trip to Victoria. Momento is considered by many to be a misspelling, but it occurs so frequently in edited writing that some regard it as a variant spelling rather than an error.
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me·men·to       (mə-měn'tō)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. me·men·tos or me·men·toes
A reminder of the past; a keepsake.


[Middle English, commemoration of the living or the dead in the Canon of the Mass, from Latin mementō, imperative of meminisse, to remember; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
memento 
1401, "Psalm cxxxi in the Canon of the Mass" (which begins with the L. word Memento and in which the dead are commemorated), from L. memento "remember," imperative of meminisse "to remember," a reduplicated form, related to mens "mind." Meaning "reminder, warning" is from 1582; sense of "keepsake" is first recorded 1768. Memento mori "reminder of death" (1592) is from L., lit. "remember that you must die."

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memento

noun
a reminder of past events 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Memento

Me*men"to\, n.; pl. Mementos. [L., remember, be mindful, imper. of meminisse to remember. See Mention.] A hint, suggestion, token, or memorial, to awaken memory; that which reminds or recalls to memory; a souvenir.

Seasonable mementos may be useful. --Bacon.

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