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Chris -- 2018-04-11
“Commemorate” is one of a complex of words descending from the Latin “memorare.” Some people seem to think that another Latin-derived word is a “member” of commemorate. Commemberate (under various spellings) seems to occur fairly often on the web. You can view examples of “comemberate” here.
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