Translation
comment; remark
Word origin
From Latin commentum, 'something thought up', from comminisci, 'to devise', which is built on the root of mens, 'mind'. A commentary began as the thinking a reader added in the margin.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- commentum
- English cognates
- comment, commentary, mental
Examples
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He wrote a short comment under the article.
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Her comment was wise and fair.
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I read all the comments about the book.
The verb is komenti, and it takes its object directly: komenti , to comment on the article, with no preposition. A running commentary is a komentario, and the person giving one is a o. Keep for the remark itself and for a note you make for your own use.
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