English
advert
Clipping of advertisement.
Another origin of advert
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to turn, to rotate, spin’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wértetor‘to turn, be turning’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertō‘to turn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertō‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadvertōas advertere‘to turn toward’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400advertir‘to notice’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500adverten
- Englishtodayadvert
Today it means
noun An advertisement, an ad.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / advert