Where does “newsdealer” come from?

newsdealer (English) comes from English dealer, from Middle English delare, from Old English dǣlere.

newsdealer (English): A person who sells newspapers etc

Definitions

  1. A person who sells newspapers etc

Ancestry of “newsdealer”, step by step

newsdealer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English dealer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdealerOne who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a...
2Middle EnglishdelareA distributor or splitter; one who parts or gives...
3Old Englishdǣlere—

via English News

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNewsNew information of interest
2Middle Englishnewes—
Every word from Old English dǣlere →Every word from Middle English delare →Every word from English dealer →