Where does “newgroup” come from?

newgroup (English) comes from English New, from English MAN, from English manual, from Middle English manuel, from Anglo-Norman manuel, from Old French manual, from Latin manuālis, from Latin manus — human being; man; hand.

newgroup (English): To create by sending a special control message

Definitions

  1. To create by sending a special control message

Ancestry of “newgroup”, step by step

newgroup traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English New

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNewmade, or created
2EnglishMANInitialism of Metropolitan Area Network
3EnglishmanualA handbook; A booklet that instructs on the usage...
4Middle Englishmanuel
5Anglo-Normanmanuelmanual; done with the hands; handle; manual;...
6Old Frenchmanual
7Latinmanuālishand
8Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
9Proto-Italicmanushand
10Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand

via English Group

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGroupA number of things or persons being in some relation to one another
2Frenchgroupegroup
3Italiangruppogroup, cluster, party, team, covey; pack; peloton
4Vulgar Latincruppo
5Renaissance Latingrupus
6Proto-Germanickruppaza body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeangrewb-to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European man-Every word from Proto-Italic manusEvery word from Latin manus