Where does “newsreading” come from?

newsreading (English) comes from English Reading, from Middle English reding, from Old English rǣdende.

newsreading (English): The reading of the news on the radio or...

Definitions

  1. The reading of the news on the radio or...

Ancestry of “newsreading”, step by step

newsreading traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Reading

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishReadingThe process of interpreting written language
2Middle Englishreding—
3Old Englishrǣdende—

via English News

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNewsNew information of interest
2Middle Englishnewes—
Every word from Old English rǣdende →Every word from Middle English reding →Every word from English Reading →