Etymology

remarque

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Today it means: A small design etched on the margin of a plate and supposed to be removed after the earliest proofs have been taken. Full definition →

French remarque ← Latin re- ← Proto-Italic *wre-
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  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Frenchre-
  4. Frenchmarquer
  5. Frenchremarquerdeverb.
  6. Frenchremarque
  7. English todayremarque

Borrowed from French remarque.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.