comment · noun1
- Latin · derived fromcommentum“invention, fabrication”
- Late Latin · derived fromcommentum“comment, interpretation”
- Old French · derived fromcoment“commentary”
- Middle English · inherited fromcoment
- English todaycomment
From Middle English coment, comment, from Old French coment (“commentary”), from Late Latin commentum (“comment, interpretation”), from Classical Latin commentum (“invention, fabrication”).
comment · verb2
- Latin · derived fromcommentārī“to consider thoroughly, think over, discuss, write upon”
- Middle English · inherited fromcommenten
- English todaycomment
From Middle English commenten, comenten, from Latin commentārī (“to consider thoroughly, think over, discuss, write upon”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.