me·mo·ri·al 
(mə-môrē-əl)
(mə-môrē-əl)n.
1. Something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to celebrate or honor the memory of a person or an event.
2. A written statement of facts or a petition presented to a legislative body or an executive.
adj.
1. Serving as a remembrance of a person or an event; commemorative.
2. Of, relating to, or being in memory.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin memoriāle, from neuter of Latin memoriālis, belonging to memory, from memoria, memory; see MEMORY.]
me·mori·al·ly adv.
- Indo-European root: demə-
- Indo-European root: dent-
- Indo-European root: der-
- Indo-European root: derk-
- Indo-European root: deru-
- Indo-European root: deu-
- Indo-European root: deu-
- Indo-European root: deuk-
- Indo-European root: deuə-
- Indo-European root: dhegwh-
- Indo-European root: dheigh-
- Indo-European root: dher-
- Indo-European root: dhers-
- Indo-European root: dheu-
- Indo-European root: dheu-
- Indo-European root: dheub-
- Indo-European root: dheugh-
- Indo-European root: dheuə-
- Indo-European root: dhghem-
- Indo-European root: dhgh(y)es-
- Indo-European root: dhreg-
- Indo-European root: dhreibh-
- Indo-European root: dhreu-
- Indo-European root: dhugəter-
- Indo-European root: dhwer-