Where does “newsmonger” come from?

newsmonger (English) comes from English monger, from Middle English mongere, from Old English māngere, from Old English māngian — to trade, traffic, do as a monger.

newsmonger (English): gossiper; journalist

Definitions

  1. gossiper; journalist

Ancestry of “newsmonger”, step by step

newsmonger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English monger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmongerA dealer in a specific commodity; A person...
2Middle EnglishmongereA retailer; a merchant
3Old Englishmāngeretrader, merchant, dealer, monger
4Old Englishmāngianto trade, traffic, do as a monger

via English News

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNewsNew information of interest
2Middle Englishnewes—

Words derived from “newsmonger”

Every word from Old English māngian →Every word from Old English māngere →Every word from Middle English mongere →