Where does “malvertisement” come from?
malvertisement (English) comes from English advertisement, from Middle French advertissement, from Middle French advertir, from Old French avertir, from Latin advertō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
malvertisement (English): An advertisement, published on the Internet, that...
Definitions
- An advertisement, published on the Internet, that...
Ancestry of “malvertisement”, step by step
malvertisement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English advertisement
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | advertisement | A commercial solicitation designed to sell some... |
| 2 | Middle French | advertissement | warning; short notice calling for attention;... |
| 3 | Middle French | advertir | to warn |
| 4 | Old French | avertir | to inform; to notify; to notice; to remark |
| 5 | Latin | advertō | to turn to or towards |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English malicious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | malicious | Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or... |
| 2 | Old French | malicios | — |
| 3 | French | malicieux | mischievous; malicious |
| 4 | Latin | malitiosus | malicious, wicked; crafty; spiteful |
| 5 | Latin | malitia | a bad quality; badness, wicked; spite, malice; an... |
| 6 | Latin | -itia | -ness, -ity |
| 7 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |