Where does “malvertising” come from?
malvertising (English) comes from English advertising, from English advertise, from Middle English advertisen, from Middle French advertir, from Old French avertir, from Latin advertō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
malvertising (English): Internet advertising whose real intention is to...
Definitions
- Internet advertising whose real intention is to...
Ancestry of “malvertising”, step by step
malvertising traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English advertising
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | advertising | Communication whose purpose is to influence... |
| 2 | English | advertise | To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly |
| 3 | Middle English | advertisen | To pay 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 |
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 |