## Meanings
1. Something you say or write that gives your opinion or reaction.
2. To say or write your opinion about something.
3. A written note added to a text to explain or criticize it.

## Examples
- The teacher made a helpful comment on my essay.
- He commented on your proposal during the meeting.
- They wrote an extended comment on the proposal.

## Derived Forms
- commentize
- commentless
- commentworthy
- metacomment
- miscomment
- subcomment

## Related Forms
- document
- pragma

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *men-
- Root: coment
- Root: commentum

## Etymology
From Middle English coment, comment, from Old French coment (“commentary”), from Late Latin commentum (“comment, interpretation”), from Classical Latin commentum (“invention, fabrication”).

## AI Etymology
comment is a noun and verb. It is from Middle English coment, comment, from Old French coment (“commentary”), from Late Latin commentum (“comment, interpretation”), from Classical Latin commentum (“invention, fabrication”). Historical forms in the chain include *men- (Proto-Indo-European), coment (Middle English), coment (Old French), commentum (Late Latin), and commentum (Latin). Current senses include something you say or write that gives your opinion or reaction, to say or write your opinion about something, and a written note added to a text to explain or criticize it. Derived forms include commentize, commentless, commentworthy, metacomment, and miscomment. Related words include document and pragma.

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