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Where does “blipvert” come from?

blipvert (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.

blipvert (English): A subliminal or nearly subliminal advertisement...

Definitions

  1. A subliminal or nearly subliminal advertisement...

Ancestry of “blipvert”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadvertAn advertisement, an ad; To take notice, to pay...
2EnglishadvertisementA commercial solicitation designed to sell some...
3Middle Frenchadvertissementwarning; short notice calling for attention;...
4Middle Frenchadvertirto warn
5Old Frenchavertirto inform; to notify; to notice; to remark
6Latinadvertō—
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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