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Where does “subvertising” come from?

subvertising (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.

subvertising (English): The use of parodies of corporate and political...

Definitions

  1. The use of parodies of corporate and political...

Ancestry of “subvertising”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadvertisingCommunication whose purpose is to influence...
2EnglishadvertiseTo give notice of ; to announce publicly; To...
3Middle Englishadvertisen—
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →