The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix I
Indo-European Roots
ENTRY:
neu-
DEFINITION:
To shout. Suffixed (participial) o-grade form *now-ent-(yo-), “shouting.” nuncio; announce, denounce, enunciate, internuncio, pronounce, renounce, from Latin nntius, “announcing,” hence a messenger, also a message, and nntium, message. (Pokorny 1. neu- 767.)
ntius, “announcing,” hence a messenger, also a message, and n
