Etymograph

English

propagandum

Propagandum comes from Latin prōpāgandus ‘which is to be propagated’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōpāgandus1‘which is to be propagated’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōpāgandum1neuter of prōpāgandus
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1864propagandum1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English propagandum
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1864, Augustus C. L. Arnold, The Festival of St. John the Baptist, and its Significance: “From this point of view, as a propagandum of…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōpāgandusWiktionary, English propagandum‘which is to be propagated’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōpāgandumWiktionary, English propagandumneuter of prōpāgandus
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1864propagandumWiktionary, English propagandum. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1864, Augustus C. L. Arnold, The Festival of St. John the Baptist, and its Significance: “From this point of view, as a propagandum of…”

Every English word from Latin prōpāgandus

Today it means

noun An idea or topic spread with the goal of convincing or influencing large numbers of people, regardless of its actual validity.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “propagandum”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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