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Where does “tabloidization” come from?

tabloidization (English) comes from English tabloid, from English tablet, from Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete, from Old French -eté, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

tabloidization (English): The conversion of a newspaper into tabloid...

Definitions

  1. The conversion of a newspaper into tabloid...

Ancestry of “tabloidization”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtabloidA newspaper having pages half the dimensions of...
2EnglishtabletA slab of clay used for inscription; A short...
3Middle EnglishtabletA tablet, especially an easily carried one for...
4Old Frenchtabletesmall table; a board to be written on; tablet
5Old French-etévariant of -té
6Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
7Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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