Where does “commentary” come from?
Commentary comes from Middle French commentaire, from Latin commentarius, derived from the verb commentor (to compose, devise), itself from comminiscor (to devise, invent), ultimately rooted in the prefix con- meaning together.
commentary (English): a series of comments or annotations; especially,...
Definitions
- a series of comments or annotations; especially,...
Ancestry of “commentary”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | commentaire | — |
| 2 | Latin | commentarius | memorandum, notebook; diary, journal; a brief |
| 3 | Latin | commentor | I consider thoroughly, think over, deliberate,... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |