Where does “comment section” come from?
comment section (English) comes from English section, from Middle English seccioun, from Old French section, from Latin sectio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
comment section (English): The section of a website or social media where users can post comments
Definitions
- The section of a website or social media where users can post comments
Ancestry of “comment section”, step by step
comment section traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English section
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | section | A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of... |
| 2 | Middle English | seccioun | — |
| 3 | Old French | section | — |
| 4 | Latin | sectio | cutting off or up; mowing; surgery |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English comment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | comment | A spoken or written remark; A remark embedded in... |
| 2 | Middle English | coment | — |
| 3 | Old French | coment | commentary |
| 4 | Old French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 5 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 6 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |