publicity

The story

1. Latin · derived frompūblicus“public, general”
2. Medieval Latin · derived frompūblicitātem
3. French · derived frompublicité
4. English todaypublicity

From French publicité, From Medieval Latin pūblicitātem, accusative singular of pūblicitās, from Latin pūblicus (“public, general”). Morphologically public + -ity.

Words from the same roots