Where does “remark” come from?
Remark comes from Old French re- attached to a root from Latin re- and Proto-Indo-European wer-, which carried the sense of turning or perceiving.
remark (English): An act of pointing out or noticing; notice or...
Definitions
- An act of pointing out or noticing; notice or...
Ancestry of “remark”, step by step
remark traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Mark
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Mark | Abbreviation of Markarian |
| 2 | German | mark | mark any of various European monetary units |
| 3 | Latin | Mārcus | — |
| 4 | Latin | Martīnus | — |
| 5 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via French remarquer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | remarquer | to observe; to point out, remark upon; to notice |
| 2 | French | marquer | To mark, mark down; To mark; To brand |
| 3 | Italian | marcare | to mark; to brand, notch; to label |
| 4 | Italian | -are | Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most... |
| 5 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |