Where does “advertese” come from?
advertese (English) comes from English advert, from English advertisement, from Middle French advertissement, from Middle French advertir, from Old French avertir, from Latin advertō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
advertese (English): The specialized vocabulary of the advertising...
Definitions
- The specialized vocabulary of the advertising...
Ancestry of “advertese”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | advert | An advertisement, an ad; To take notice, to pay... |
| 2 | English | advertisement | A commercial solicitation designed to sell some... |
| 3 | Middle French | advertissement | warning; short notice calling for attention;... |
| 4 | Middle French | advertir | to warn |
| 5 | Old French | avertir | to inform; to notify; to notice; to remark |
| 6 | Latin | advertō | to turn to or towards |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |