Where does “remarkable” come from?
Remarkable comes from English mark, influenced by Old French -able and Latin re- meaning "again," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wer- meaning "to turn."
remarkable (English): Worthy of being remarked or noted; notable;...
Definitions
- Worthy of being remarked or noted; notable;...
Ancestry of “remarkable”, step by step
remarkable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English remark
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | remark | An act of pointing out or noticing; notice or... |
| 2 | English | re- | again, anew; a completive or intensification of... |
| 3 | Middle English | re- | — |
| 4 | Old French | re- | re- again; once more |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via French remarquable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | remarquable | remarkable, noteworthy |
| 2 | French | -able | able |
| 3 | Middle French | -able | able |
| 4 | Old French | -able | worthy of, deserving of; -ing, creating an... |
| 5 | Latin | -ābilis | suffixed to noun to form adjectives meaning "able to have or bring, prone to have or bring, having the power to have or bring": -able |