When you hear 'bulletin' are you hearing English or Italian?

'Bulletin' is a word borrowed from Italian 'bullettino'. The word entered the English language some time around 1765.

bulletin [noun] [1765]

• a brief public notice issuing usually from an authoritative source
• a brief news item intended for immediate publication or broadcast
• periodical
• the organ of an institution or association

Meaning: a brief public notice issuing usually from an authoritative source; a brief news item intended for immediate publication or broadcast; periodical.

Etymology: French; from Middle French; from bullette seal; notice; diminutive of bulle seal; from Medieval Latin bulla.

Topics: Society:Culture.

Origin: From French to Italian to English.

note: From French from Italian bullettino diminutive of bulletta ‘passport’ diminutive of bulla ‘seal or bull’.

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