Tidings
/ˈtaɪ.dɪŋz/noun
News or information, especially about an event or situation.
Did you know?The word ultimately comes from Old English *tīdung*, built from *tīd* meaning “time” or “season,” so “tidings” began life as information tied to a specific moment in time.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*tīdō
“time, season, fixed point in time”
Old English
OE
tīdung
“news, report, tidings”
Middle English
ME
tidinges
“news, intelligence, message”
Modern English
English
tidings
“news or information, especially of an event”