myEtymology.com: English etymology of memorial

Etymology of the English word memorial

the English word memorial

derived from the Old French word memorial

derived from the Late Latin word memoriale (memorandum; memory)

derived from the Latin word memorialis (historiographer royal, man employed in the emperor's secretarial bureau)

derived from the Latin word memoria (memory, recollection; history)

derived from the Latin word memor (remembering; mindful)

The earliest known usage of memorial in English dates from the 14th century.

Word found in Modern English