Etymology

fictomercial

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Today it means: A work of fiction featuring product placement or commissioned to promote a product. Full definition →

English commercial ← French commercia ← Late Latin commerciāli
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
  3. Proto-Italic*θingō
  4. Proto-Italic*fingō
  5. Latinfingō
  6. Latinfictiō
  7. Old Frenchficcion
  8. Middle Englishficcioun
  9. Englishfiction
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  12. Proto-Italic*kom
  13. Proto-Italic*kom-
  14. Latincon-
  15. Proto-Italic*merks
  16. Latinmerx
  17. Latincommercium
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  20. Late Latincommerciāli
  21. Frenchcommercia
  22. Englishcommercial
  23. English todayfictomercial

Blend of fiction + commercial.

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