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(06-21-2017, 02:08 AM)Dill Wrote: The word "news" was in use before newspapers though.
I'm pretty sure it was a plural adjective that became nominalized in Middle English.
It was not an acronym for north east west south, and MOST DEFINITELY not for news events weather sports, or whatever that other option was.
Yeah, 14th century.
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