English

news-house

A printers' office that produces newspapers only.

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    Origin

    From news + house.

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Lineage

    • partEnglishnews “New information of interest.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishnewes
      • suffixEnglish-s “Used to form regular plurals of nouns.”
        • inheritedMiddle English-es “adverbial ending”
        • derivedEnglish-sy “Suffix forming nouns or adjectives, sometimes diminutive and usually informal or jocular.”
        • derivedEnglish-'s “A possessive marker, indicating that an object belongs to the noun or noun phrase bearing the marke…”
    • partEnglishhouse “A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishhous
        • inheritedOld Englishhūs “dwelling, shelter, house”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishhousen
        • inheritedOld Englishhūsian
      • derived (possibly)EnglishThe
        • derivedEnglish1962
        • derivedEnglishfulfilling “Which causes fulfilment; emotionally or artistically satisfying.”
        • derivedEnglisha “The first letter of the English alphabet, written in the Latin script.”

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