Where Does the Word News Come From?

Description News covers everything from north to south, east to west. In fact, there's even a myth that the compass points form an acronym - N-E-W-S. News. While the scope is about right, this actually isn't the case. News is simply a plural of the word 'new'. This sounds odd in English because we don't pluralise adjectives, but other languages do, and the word 'news' actually comes from the French word for new, nouvelle. The word news has been used in English roughly the same way for at least 500 years. It's firmly embedded in our culture. You can see this with expressions like, "No news is good news," which can be traced to the 1640s and "News to me" from 1889. But news itself is older than the word. Humans have been sharing stories about what's going on in the world since language evolved over 100,000 years ago. Creator Ange Anderson Date created 2014 Contributor Marketing and Communications People depicted Ange Anderson Language English Collection Know More in 60 Seconds Video Series

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