Where does “ニュースルーム” come from?
ニュースルーム (Japanese) comes from English newsroom, from English room, from Middle English roum, from Old English rūm, from Proto-West Germanic rūm, from Proto-Germanic rūmaz, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.
ニュースルーム (Japanese): a newsroom
Ancestry of “ニュースルーム”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | newsroom | The office of a news organisation, especially... |
| 2 | English | room | Opportunity or scope; Space "for" something, or... |
| 3 | Middle English | roum | A space or area; A room |
| 4 | Old English | rūm | room, space; roomy, spacious, ample, extensive,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | rūm | roomy, spacious; room, open space |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rūmaz | roomy, spacious, open |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | rewh₁- | free space |