Where does “advertise” come from?
Advertise comes from Middle French advertir, from Old French avertir, from Latin adverto, combining the prefix ad- with Latin wer-, meaning to turn or direct attention.
advertise (English): To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly
Definitions
- To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly
Ancestry of “advertise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | advertisen | To pay attention |
| 2 | Middle French | advertir | to warn |
| 3 | Old French | avertir | to inform; to notify; to notice; to remark |
| 4 | Latin | advertō | to turn to or towards |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |