Etymology

From Russian газе́та ‎(gazéta), from French gazette, from Italian gazzetta, from Venetian gazeta dele novità (17th cent.), named for the gazeta ‎(“halfpenny”) (first minted 1539), diminutive of Latin gāza ‎(“treasure”), from Ancient Greek γάζα ‎(gáza), from Persian [script needed] ‎(ganj, “royal treasury”) (mod. گنجینه ‎(ganjineh)).