commentary
English
noun
Definitions
- a series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work
- (usually) a brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum
- an oral relation of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs
Etymology
Derived from Middle French commentaire derived from Latin commentārius (notebook).
Origin
Latin
commentārius
Gloss
notebook
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- commentarial English
- metacommentary English
- subcommentary English
- supercommentary English
- commentārius Latin
- Kommentar German
- comment French
- commentaire French
- comentario Spanish, Castilian
- comentário Portuguese
- comentari Catalan, Valencian
- comentario Galician
- commentaire Middle French