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Where does “pubblicità” come from?

pubblicità (Italian) comes from French publicité, from Medieval Latin publicitatem, from Latin pūblicus, from Old Latin poplicus, from Latin pōpulus, from Proto-Italic poplos — army.

pubblicità (Italian): publicity; advertising; advertisement, advert,...

Definitions

  1. publicity; advertising; advertisement, advert,...

Ancestry of “pubblicità”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpublicitépublicity, advertising; commercial, advertisement
2Medieval Latinpublicitatemaccusative singular of pūblicitās
3Latinpūblicus—
4Old LatinpoplicusAlternative form of publicus
5Latinpōpulus—
6Proto-Italicpoplosarmy

Words derived from “pubblicità”

  • pubblicistica
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