gazette

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1. Venetan · derived fromgazeta
2. Italian · derived fromgazzetta
3. French · borrowed fromgazette
4. English todaygazette

Borrowed from French gazette, from Italian gazzetta, from Venetan gazeta, from gazeta dele novità (literally “a gazeta (halfpenny) of news”), named for the cost (one gazeta) of the newspaper. Compare penny dreadful, dime novel. See gazzetta for more.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 1605 A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically.