publisher
/ˈpʌblɪʃə/PUH-blih-shur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈpʌblɪʃɚ/PUH-blih-shur
Meaningone who publishes
Common meaning: a company that produces books or papers
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- publbelonging to the peopleLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1485 · scan
- ishverb ending (from French -iss-)
- eragent ending: one who
Journey through time
- Latinpūblicus‘belonging to the people’
- Frenchpeupler
- Middle Englishpublischensource
- Englishpublish‘to make known’
- Englishformed in English from publishpublisher‘a company that produces books or papers’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Formed in English from publish + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PUBLISH, p.475 · scan
Roots
- pūblicus Latin “belonging to the people”
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