Announce
/əˈnaʊns/noun
To make something known publicly or formally.
Did you know?English **announce** comes through Old French from Latin *annuntiare*, literally “to bring news to,” and its deepest root is the same one behind **news** and **narrate**-style speech acts of public telling.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*new-
“to shout, announce”
Latin
Latin
annuntiare
“to report, bring news to, announce”
Old French
Old French
anoncier
“to announce, proclaim”
Middle English
English
anouncen
“to proclaim publicly”
Modern English
English
announce
“to make known publicly or formally”