English
sidebar comment
From sidebar + comment.
A compound of sidebar + comment
Latin commentum ‘invention, fabrication’
Late Latin commentum ‘comment, interpretation’
Old French coment ‘commentary’
Middle English coment
English comment
Today it means
noun An unnecessary, often argumentative remark made by an attorney or witness during a trial or deposition.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sidebar comment”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / sidebar comment