Where does “newshosting” come from?

newshosting (English) comes from English hosting, from English host, from Middle English host, from Old English hwōsta, from Proto-West Germanic hwōstō, from Proto-Germanic hwōstô, from Proto-Germanic hwōsaną, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂s- — to cough.

newshosting (English): Hosting of a newsgroup

Definitions

  1. Hosting of a newsgroup

Ancestry of “newshosting”, step by step

newshosting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hosting

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhostingpresent participle of host; Running and...
2EnglishhostOne which receives or entertains a guest,...
3Middle Englishhost
4Old Englishhwōstacough; a cough
5Proto-West Germanichwōstōcough
6Proto-Germanichwōstôcough
7Proto-Germanichwōsanąto cough
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₂s-to cough

via English News

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNewsNew information of interest
2Middle Englishnewes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂s-Every word from Proto-Germanic hwōsanąEvery word from Proto-Germanic hwōstô