English
remark
Remark comes from Old French remarquer ‘to remark’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wre-‘again’reconstructedearlier origin unknown
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400remarquer‘to remark’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1626remark
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wre-‘again’reconstructedearlier origin unknown
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400remarquer‘to remark’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1626remark
Earliest quotation: c. 1626, or 1629–1633, London: […] Nicholas Okes for Richard Collins: “Thou art a man remark't to taſt a miſchiefe,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’
require, rescue, reverse, rely, reminiscent, reciprocal, revoke, repellent, reciprocate, refrigerate, repulse, rappel, regurgitate, 16 more
Today it means
noun An act of pointing out or noticing; notice or observation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *wre- / remark