myEtymology.com: French etymology of memorial

Etymology of the French word memorial

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)

Word found in Old French