Etymology of the English word advertise
the English word
advertisederived from the Old French word
advertirderived from the Classical Latin word
advertere (turn, face to, towards)
using the Latin prefix
ad- (to, in addition)
derived from the Latin word
ad (to; near; to; to; to; near)
derived from the Latin word
vertere (to turn; turn, turn around; change)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wer-Date
The earliest known usage of advertise in English dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in English
advertising,
advertisedUsage
Word found in Modern English
