Etymologically

Etymology and origin of the Romanian word remarca

Confidence
Established
Formation
Borrowing
First attested
1848 Curierul românesc More words from the 19th century
Borrowed from
French remarquer
Ultimate origins
French re-Old French merchier
Etymology tree
inherited borrowed derived
French marquer
Romanian marca
French remarquer
Romanian remarca
From the same root
French marque ← marquer

Forms

remarca (third-person singular present remarcă, past participle remarcat), 1st conjugation[1] The present is remarc, rarely remarchez.[2]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French remarquer (“to notice”).[3][2][4][5][6][1] The French verb is a 16th-century remaking of Middle French remerchier under the influence of marquer, with an intensive re-.[7]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2 dates the first record to the Curierul românesc of 1848, where a reader is asked whether he has noticed something.[2][4] Negulici's dictionary of the same year has remarcare “to observe, to take note”, with the present remarc.[8]

Semantic evolution

The transitive sense “to notice, observe” came first; it is common in Maiorescu, Vlahuță and the 20th-century writers.[4] The reflexive “to stand out, distinguish oneself” is recorded beside it, and Șăineanu's dictionary of 1929 has a fost foarte remarcat “he was much noticed”.[4][9] NODEX adds the sense “to comment on something”.[10]

Timeline

  • 1848 – remarca in the Curierul românesc, the first record.[2]
  • 1848 – remarcare in Negulici's dictionary.[8]
  • 1929 – Șăineanu's dictionary gives the sense “to single out”.[9]

Meanings

Verb

  1. (transitive) To notice, observe; to point out: Am remarcat o greșeală în text.[3][2]
  2. (reflexive) To stand out, distinguish oneself: S-a remarcat la concurs.[3][11]
  3. (transitive) To remark on, make a comment about.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d e Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 687
  3. ^ a b c DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 941
  4. ^ a b c d Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. remarca
  5. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. remarca
  6. ^ Costăchescu, Adriana; Dincă, Daniela; Dragoste, Ramona; Popescu, Mihaela; Scurtu, Gabriela (2009–2010), Dicționar de împrumuturi lexicale din limba franceză (DILF), 2 vols., Craiova: Universitaria, p. s.v. remarca
  7. ^ Rey, Alain, ed. (1992), Dictionnaire historique de la langue française, Paris: Le Robert
  8. ^ a b Negulici, I. D. (1848), Vocabular romînesc de toate vorbele streine întroduse pînă acum în limba romînească și de toate cuvintele ce s-ar mai putea introduce încă, București, p. s.v. remarcare
  9. ^ a b Șăineanu, Lazăr (1929), Dicționar universal al limbei române, 6th ed., Craiova: Scrisul Românesc, p. 543
  10. ^ a b Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. remarca
  11. ^ Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. remarca

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Cite this entry

“Remarca.” Etymologically, 12 Nov. 2026, etymologically.com/ro/remarca. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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