Etymograph

English

fictomercial

Blend of fiction + commercial.

A compound of fiction + commercial

Latin fingō ‘to form, devise, feign’

Latin fictiō ‘a making; a feigning’

Old French ficcion ‘dissimulation, invention’

Middle English ficcioun ‘invention, fabrication’

English fiction

Latin commercium ‘trade’

Late Latin commerciālis

French commercial ‘pertaining to commerce’

English commercial

Today it means

noun A work of fiction featuring product placement or commissioned to promote a product.

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

Etymograph / fictomercial