- remark (v.)
- 1630s, "to mark out, distinguish" modeled on French remarquer "to mark, note, heed," from Middle French re-, intensive prefix, + marquer "to mark," probably from a Germanic source, cf. Old High German marchon "to delimit" (see mark (n.1)). Meaning "make a comment" is first attested 1690s, from notion of "make a verbal observation" or "call attention to specific points." Related: Remarked; remarking. The noun is from 1650s.