Etymology

announced

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Today it means: Having been preceded by an announcement; declared. Full definition →

English announce ← Old French anoncier ← Latin annūntiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Latinnūntius
  6. Latinnūntiō
  7. Latinadnūntiō
  8. Latinannūntiō
  9. Old Frenchanoncier
  10. Englishannounce
  11. English todayannounced

From announce + -ed.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.