English
advertisement
Advertisement comes from Middle French advertissement ‘statement calling attention’, from advertir ‘to warn’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’.
- 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 CEadvertō‘to turn to or towards’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400avertir
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600advertir‘to warn’
- Middle French, derivedc. 1400–1600advertissement‘statement calling attention’
- Englishearliest quotation 1947advertisement
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- 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 CEadvertō‘to turn to or towards’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400avertir
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600advertir‘to warn’
- Middle French, derivedc. 1400–1600advertissement‘statement calling attention’
- Englishearliest quotation 1947advertisement
Earliest quotation: 1947, On Gin Rummy: An All-American Roundup: “The safest time to answer a possible advertisement is…”
Formed from advertise + -ment
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
word, worth, weird, ridiculous, universe, ridicule, derision, invert, deride, wurst, derisive, extraversion, 57 more
through Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
diversion, inversion, inverse, aversion, transverse, perverse, averse, perversion, introvert, vertebra, reversion, evert, vertiginous, 40 more
through Latin vertō ‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to…’
university, version, conversation, divorce, diversity, versus, diverse, verse, vertical, vortex, versatile, convertible, divert, diversification, revert, pervert, vertex, vertigo, vertebrate, subvert, vert, verso, perversity, 52 more
through Latin advertō ‘to turn to or towards’
through Old French avertir
Today it means
noun A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / advertisement