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
- The use of parodies of corporate and political...
Ancestry of “subvertising”, step by step
subvertising 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 |