Etymology

tabloidy

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Today it means: In the style of a tabloid newspaper; sensationalistic. Full definition →

English tabloid ← Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) ← Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*taðlā
  2. Latintabula
  3. Old Frenchtable
  4. Old Frenchtablete
  5. Middle Englishtablet
  6. Englishtablet
  7. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  9. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  10. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  11. Englishtabloid
  12. English todaytabloidy

From tabloid + -y.

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