News

===Etymology===
The [[English language|English]] word "news" developed in the 14th century as a special use of the plural form of "new". In [[Middle English]], the equivalent word was ''newes'', like the French ''[[wikt:nouvelles|nouvelles]]'' and the German ''Neues''. Similar developments are found in the [[Slavic languages]] – namely cognates from [[Serbo-Croatian]] ''[[wikt:novost|novost]]'' (from ''[[wikt:nov#Serbo-Croatian|nov]]'', "new"), [[Czech language|Czech]] and [[Slovak language|Slovak]] ''[[wikt:noviny|noviny]]'' (from ''[[wikt:nový|nový]]'', "new"), the [[Polish language|Polish]] ''nowiny'' (pronounced ''noviney''), the [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] ''novini'' and [[Russian language|Russian]] ''novosti'' – and likewise in the [[Celtic languages]]: the [[Welsh language|Welsh]] ''newyddion'' (from ''newydd'') and the [[Cornish language|Cornish]] ''nowodhow'' (from ''nowydh'').<ref name="OED">"News", ''Oxford English Dictionary'', accessed online, 5 March 2015. "Etymology: Spec. use of plural of new n., after Middle French ''nouvelles'' (see novel n.), or classical Latin ''nova'' new things, in post-classical Latin also news (from late 13th cent. in British sources), use as noun of neuter plural of ''novus'' new (compare classical Latin ''rēs nova'' (feminine singular) a new development, a fresh turn of events). Compare later {{smallcaps|novel n.}}"</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Online Etymology Dictionary |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=news |access-date=7 July 2012}}</ref>

[[Jessica Garretson Finch]] is credited with coining the phrase "current events" while teaching at [[Barnard College]] in the 1890s.<ref name="obituary">{{Cite news |date=1 November 1949 |title=Mrs. John Cosgrave Is Dead Founded Finch Junior College: Was Institution's President Nearly 50 Years; Coined 'Current Events' Phrase |publisher=New York Herald Tribune}}</ref>