A few days ago
Did the word “news” come from north-east-west-south?
Did the word “news” come from north-east-west-south?
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Sorry, nothing so interesting as that.
News” developed as a special use of the plural form of “new” in the 14th century. In Middle English, the equivalent word was ‘newes’, based on the French ‘nouvelles’.
It is not, as is often claimed, an acronym for “north, east, west, south”.
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A few days ago
Yes. But it doesn’t explain why announcers don’t say “Here are the news.”
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