Where does “newsagent” come from?

newsagent (English) comes from English agent, from Latin agēns, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

newsagent (English): A retail business selling newspapers, magazines,...

Definitions

  1. A retail business selling newspapers, magazines,...

Ancestry of “newsagent”, step by step

newsagent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English agent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishagentOne who exerts power, or has the power to act;...
2Latinagēnsdoing, acting, making
3Latinagōto act, to behave
4Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via English News

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNewsNew information of interest
2Middle Englishnewes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti →Every word from Proto-Italic agō →