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magazine

The origin and history of magazine.

Etymology

From Middle French magasin ("warehouse, store"), from Italian magazzino, ultimately from Arabic makhāzin, plural of makhzan ("storeroom"). The publication sense developed in the 1730s from the idea of a "storehouse" of information.

Origin: Middle French · First attested 1730

Class of 1730

magazine first entered the language around 1730. Other words from the same year:

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