Where does “memoria” come from?

memoria (Latin) comes from Latin memor, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

memoria (Latin): memory; the ability to remember; a remembrance, a...

Definitions

  1. memory; the ability to remember; a remembrance, a...

Ancestry of “memoria”, step by step

memoria traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin memor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmemormindful, remembering; that has a good memory
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via Proto-Indo-European (s)mer-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

Words derived from “memoria

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer-Every word from Latin memor
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