Where does “עיתונאות” come from?

עיתונאות (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew עיתונאי, from Hebrew עיתון, from Hebrew עֵת — time.

עיתונאות (Hebrew): Journalism: the activity of journalists, namely,...

Definitions

עיתונאות traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Hebrew	עיתונאי	Journalistic: of or relating to journalism or...
2	Hebrew	עיתון	newspaper
3	Hebrew	עֵת	time

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Hebrew	־ות	-ness, -ity, -ism; The plural ending for most...
2	Esperanto	-at-	-ato or -aton Accusative do'ee of an action, in a...