Memory etymology

English

English word memory comes from Latin memor (Mindful, remembering. That has a good memory.), Italian memori

Detailed word origin of memory

Dictionary entry Language Definition
memor Latin (lat) Mindful, remembering. That has a good memory.
memori Italian (it)
memoria Latin (lat) (by extension) a time of remembrance. A remembrance, a thing remembered. Memory; the ability to remember.
memoire Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) Memory (specific recollection of a past event).
memorie Anglo-Norman (xno)
memory English (en) (attributive, of a material) which returns to its original shape when heated. (computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).. (obsolete) A memorial.. (uncountable) The ability of a system to record information about things or events with the facility of recalling them later at will.. (zoology, [...]

Words with the same origin as memory

Descendants of memor

member remember remembrance