Where does “newsteller” come from?

newsteller (English) comes from English teller, from Middle English tellere — one who counts or enumerates; one who recounts or...

newsteller (English): A person who brings and imparts news

Definitions

  1. A person who brings and imparts news

Ancestry of “newsteller”, step by step

newsteller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English teller

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtellerA person who tells stories; A bank clerk who...
2Middle Englishtellereone who counts or enumerates; one who recounts or...

via English News

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNewsNew information of interest
2Middle Englishnewes—
Every word from Middle English tellere →