Where does “adzine” come from?
adzine (English) comes from English AD, from English advantage, from Middle English avantage, from Old French avantage, from Old French avant, from Latin ab ante, from Latin ante, from Ancient Greek κλίσις — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
adzine (English): A specialized magazine or publication centered on advertising, often published online or in a limited circulation
Definitions
- A specialized magazine or publication centered on advertising, often published online or in a limited circulation
Ancestry of “adzine”, step by step
adzine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English AD
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | AD | borrowed from Latin; in the year of our Lord |
| 2 | English | advantage | Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or... |
| 3 | Middle English | avantage | — |
| 4 | Old French | avantage | advantage; profit; gain |
| 5 | Old French | avant | beforehand; earlier |
| 6 | Latin | ab ante | in front, before |
| 7 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
via English zine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | zine | A low-circulation, non-commercial publication of... |
| 2 | English | fanzine | A magazine, normally produced by amateurs,... |
| 3 | English | Fan | A diminutive of Frances |
| 4 | English | fanatic | Fanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a... |
| 5 | French | fanatique | fanatic, fanatical; fanatic |
| 6 | Latin | fānāticus | temple |
| 7 | Latin | -aticus | Used to form adjectives indicating a relation to... |
| 8 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |