fictomercial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A work of fiction featuring product placement or commissioned to promote a product.

Word forms

fictomercial fictomercials

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *dʰi-né-ǵʰ-ti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Late Latin con- Proto-Italic *merks Late Latin merx Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Late Latin -ium Late Latin commercium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin commerciālislbor. French commercialbor. English commercial blend English fictomercial Blend of fiction + commercial.

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