Where does “comment” come from?
Comment comes from Middle English coment, from Latin commentor, from Latin comminiscor meaning "to invent or devise," with the prefix com- meaning "with" or "together."
comment (English): A spoken or written remark; A remark embedded in...
Definitions
- A spoken or written remark; A remark embedded in...
Ancestry of “comment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | coment | — |
| 2 | Old French | coment | commentary |
| 3 | Old French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 4 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 5 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |
Words derived from “comment”