Where does “unadvertisable” come from?
unadvertisable (English) comes from English advertisable, 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.
unadvertisable (English): That cannot be advertised
Definitions
- That cannot be advertised
Ancestry of “unadvertisable”, step by step
unadvertisable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English advertisable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | advertisable | Suitable for being advertised |
| 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 un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |