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Where does “мемуары” come from?

мемуары (Russian) comes from French mémoires, from French mémoire, from Middle French memoire, from Old French memoire, from Latin memoria, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “мемуары”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmémoiresplural of mémoire
2Frenchmémoirememory; memo; dissertation, paper
3Middle Frenchmemoirememory
4Old Frenchmemoirememory
5Latinmemoriamemory; the ability to remember; a remembrance, a...
6Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
7Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
8Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “мемуары”

  • мемуарист
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