Etymograph

English

advertise

Advertise comes from Anglo-Norman advertir ‘to inform’.

  1. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400advertir‘to inform’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500advertisen‘to notify, inform’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1603advertise

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400advertir‘to inform’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500advertisen‘to notify, inform’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1603advertise

Earliest quotation: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, An Apologie of Raymond Sebond: “Socrates being advertiſed, that the God of wiſdome, had…”

The story

From Middle English advertisen, from Anglo-Norman advertir (‘to inform’), avertir, Middle French advertir, avertir (‘to warn, give notice to’), with the French -iss- infix assimilated to -ise, -ize and probably influenced by the noun advertisement.

Every English word from Anglo-Norman advertir

Today it means

verb To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.

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

Etymograph / Anglo-Norman advertir / advertise

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