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souvenir

French souvenir “to remember” → souvenir

A souvenir is literally something connected with remembering. English borrowed the French noun souvenir, from the verb meaning to remember, and made it familiar as a keepsake of a place or occasion.

Source: Online Etymology Dictionary — Douglas Harper

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