English word souvenir comes from Latin venio ((intransitive) I approach. (intransitive) I come.), French venir, Latin sub, Latin sub- (Sub-.)

Detailed word origin of souvenir

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
venio	Latin (lat)	(intransitive) I approach. (intransitive) I come.
venir	French (fra)	(intransitive) To come (to move from one place to another that is nearer the speaker).
sub	Latin (lat)	(with ablative) about, around (time). (with ablative) at the feet of. (with ablative) behind. (with ablative) under, beneath. (with ablative) within, during. (with accusative) under, up to, up under, close to (of a motion). (with accusative) until, before, up to, about.
sub-	Latin (lat)	Sub-.
subvenio	Latin (lat)	I come up, come to mind, occur to.. I support, assist, come to the aid of, rescue.
sovenir	Old French (fro)	To remember; to recall.
soubvenir	Middle French (frm)	(reflexive, se soubvenir) to remember.
souvenir	French (fra)	(reflexive, with de) to remember Memory (mental picture).. Souvenir.
souvenir	English (eng)	(transitive) To take (an article) as a souvenir, especially illicitly, for example during wartime. An item of sentimental value, to remember an event or location.

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