PARIS TN: No one hurt in collision Monday afternoon. The driver of a 1998 Nissan Frontier, Clyde Parker, 18, of Paris, pulled out of Buchanan Road headed for Elkhorn-Nobles Road about 2 p.m. Monday. According to Trooper Jason Mounts, Parker drove directly into the path of Jamie Roysden, 35, Paris.
It is not an acronym of North, East, West, South officially. News' etymology says that it is basically a plural of 'new' that is what's happened different from the usual. It is derived from Middle English word 'newes' and has similar words in other European languages. Written Jul 29, 2013.
Word History: The origin of o'clock is no mystery: it is a contraction of of the clock, a codification, in fact, of a spelling error. It is not alone in this category: we also find jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp, and no doubt others there. Clock itself has an interesting history. It originally meant bell and was derived from a verb meaning to strike, Old English cluccgan. It probably originally referred to a bell clapper.