Etymograph

English

advert

Clipping of advertisement.

Another origin of advert

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to turn, to rotate, spin’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wértetor‘to turn, be turning’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertō‘to turn’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertō‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadvertōas advertere‘to turn toward’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400advertir‘to notice’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500adverten
  8. Englishtodayadvert

Today it means

noun An advertisement, an ad.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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