Where does “newsman” come from?

Newsman derives from English news and English man, which traces through Middle English man and mon to Proto-Germanic mann-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European men- meaning "to think" and ḱóm meaning "with."

newsman (English): A reporter; a person in the profession of...

Definitions

  1. A reporter; a person in the profession of...

Ancestry of “newsman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-manSomeone who is an expert in an area or who takes...
2Middle English-man
Every word from Middle English -manEvery word from English -man
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