Origin: 1625–35; (v.) < French remarquer,Middle French, equivalent to re-re- + marquer to mark1; (noun) < French remarque, derivative of remarquer
Related forms
re·mark·er, noun
un·re·marked, adjective
well-re·marked, adjective
Synonyms 2. heed, regard, notice. 4. comment. 5. regard. 7.Remark,comment,note,observation imply giving special attention, an opinion, or a judgment. A remark is usually a casual and passing expression of opinion: a remark about a play. A comment expresses judgment or explains a particular point: a comment on the author's scholarship. A note is a memorandum or explanation, as in the margin of a page: a note explaining a passage. Observation suggests a comment based on judgment and experience: an observation on social behavior.
1633, "to mark out, distinguish" modeled on Fr. remarquer "to mark, note, heed," from M.Fr. re-, intensive prefix, + marquer "to mark," probably from a Gmc. source, cf. O.H.G. marchon "to delimit" (see mark). Original sense preserved in remarkable (1604); meaning "make a comment"