THE WORD “NEWS” DOES NOT DERIVE FROM THE FOUR CARDINAL DIRECTIONS (NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH)

[+ Avalon]

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/01/the-origin-of-the-word-news/

 

 

To be honest I thought that it did.

[YoungAD]

As opposed to the word “new?”

[+ Avalon]

As opposed to the word “new?”

 

Good point.

 

But I thought maybe the word had been created in the 19th century by some American newspaper man. Could have been derived from new.

[Rudynate]

If you had thought of some of the foreign words for "news," it might have cleared up your confusion: les nouvelles in French, die Nachrichten in German, etc

[+ Tarte Gogo]

News: plural of new, from Old English nīwe, nēowe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nieuw and German neu, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit nava, Latin novus, and Greek neos ‘new.’

 

As @Rudynate pointed out, some other languages also pluralise their adjective for “new” to make the meaning “news”.

[rvwnsd]

I would not even have considered the origin to be the four cardinal directions. I mean, what about stuff that happens in the Southwest? Northeast? Midwest? The various panhandles?

[bostonman]

"The news" - "the things that are new." Which also makes "old news" a wonderful oxymoron.

[rvwnsd]

"The news" - "the things that are new." Which also makes "old news" a wonderful oxymoron.

[BabyBoomer]

 

Liza's first mistake.

 

~Boomer~

[mike carey]

I would not even have considered the origin to be the four cardinal directions. I mean, what about stuff that happens in the Southwest? Northeast? Midwest? The various panhandles?

A more relevant question would be to wonder about things that happen in the Midlands, Scotland and Wales.

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[rvwnsd]

A more relevant question would be to wonder about things that happen in the Midlands, Scotland and Wales.

What happens in the Midlands, Scotland and Wales stays in the Midlands, Scotland and Wales.

[+ Avalon]

What happens in the Midlands, Scotland and Wales stays in the Midlands, Scotland and Wales.

 

My ancestors didn't stay in the Midlands but came to America.

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Excellent!

[rvwnsd]

My ancestors didn't stay in the Midlands but came to America.

True, but you make up for it by staying in your apartment.