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Gazette

3 stages from Venetian Italian to English.

Today it means a newspaper or official journal, especially one containing public notices
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Stage 1 of 3
gazzetta
Venetian Italian · 1500s
"a small coin; a news-sheet"
the small coin that was the price of admission to hear the news read aloud
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Stage 2 of 3
gazette
French · 1600s
"a newspaper"
adopted for a printed news publication
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Stage 3 of 3
gazette
English · 1600s
"an official newspaper or journal"
adopted directly from French
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