英文News(新闻)这个词,一般认为是“北”(North)、“东”(East)、“西”(West)、“南”(South)的缩写连接成的,其实此词来源甚古。早在十四、五世纪,这个词的写法有好几种:newes、newis和newys等,它们的拼法虽不同,读音却一样(都念两个音节)。在中古时代的拉丁文中,这个词的单数形成是nova,复数是novum。当时的盎格鲁·撒克逊 English The word “News” is generally considered to be the abbreviation of “North,” “East,” “West,” “South” . As early as the fourteenth and fifth centuries, the word is written in several ways: newes, newis, newys, etc., although they are spelled differently but their pronunciation is the same (both pronounce two syllables). In medieval Latin, the word singular forms nova, the plural is novum. Anglo-Saxon at the time