This is something I became curious about and dug into it. Now I want to see if you know. I'll give best answer to whoever is closest. I want to know how it is that "magazine" came to represent the case full of bullets that is inserted into a fire arm (also film magazine for camera) and the type of publication, examples of which are Newsweek, People, Time, Scientific American, Shape, etc. - two seemingly unrelated things.
2006-06-08 16:38:37 · 3 answers · asked by pollux 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Magazine.
1583, "place where goods are stored, esp. military ammunition," from M.Fr. magasin "warehouse, depot, store," from It. magazzino, from Arabic makhazin, pl. of makhzan "storehouse," from khazana "to store up." The original sense is almost obsolete; meaning "periodical journal" dates from the publication of the first one, "Gentleman's Magazine," in 1731, from earlier use of the word for a printed list of military stores and information, or in a fig. sense, from the publication being a "storehouse" of information.
2006-06-08 17:27:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Give the points to misen55.
Magazine - or cognate words - in other European languages (e.g. French, Greek, Latvian) mean 'shop or store'. The base meaning is therefore 'storage' (of things, facts, information etc.).
Also interesting that the Arabic word was a plural - which has become a singular form in all European languages (as far as I can tell).
2006-06-09 05:17:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they both hold important things. both can be deadly. i dont know
2006-06-08 23:42:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋