News
/njuːz/noun
Newly received information about recent events.
Did you know?In Middle English, news was originally treated as a plural noun, and its singular-looking form hides an old grammatical habit where “new things” became the name for information itself.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*newos
“new, fresh”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*newjaz
“new”
Old English
OE
nīwe
“new”
Middle English
ME
news
“new things; tidings”
Modern English
English
news
“information about recent events”