9 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
verb call attention to
verb make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
originFrom Middle English advertisen, from Anglo-Norman advertir (“to inform”), avertir, Middle French advertir, avertir (“to warn, give notice to”), with the French -iss- infix assimilated to -ise, -ize and probably influenced by the noun advertisement. Compare also advert.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0