This is the 1642nd most frequent French word.
venant
"Venant" means "coming" or "arriving."
Here, 'venant' is a present participle describing the man who is coming from Paris.
Un homme venant de Paris est arrivé.
A man coming from Paris has arrived.
In this example, 'venant' acts as a modifier providing additional context about the students, specifically how they were assembled.
Les étudiants, venant en groupe, étaient bruyants.
The students, coming in a group, were noisy.
Here, 'venant' is used to describe the origin of the memories, indicating they derive from the past.