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A 'memento' is something that helps remind one of something. While 'momento' is considered an error by many guides, it's included as a variant in several dictionaries.
Memento comes from the imperative form of meminisse, a Latin verb that literally means "to remember." (The term memento mori, meaning "a reminder of mortality," translates as "remember that you must die.")
Momentos aren’t always souvenirs or things that are bought. They can be old letters, photos—anything that reminds you of something you want to remember. Sometimes, though, momento can refer to a warning or a reminder of something you’d rather forget.
Spelling Note. 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.
The labelling continued - a concise memento recognised by everyone. From the Cambridge English Corpus. He writes that the photographs 'stand as a "memento mori", presenting an architecture of memory - a recollection of function without utility, of space without time'. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
USAGE See memento. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. MOMENTO definition: → memento | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.
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