Etymology

edict

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Today it means: A proclamation of law or other authoritative command. Full definition →

Middle English edycte ← Latin edictum ← Old French edit
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  1. Old French · derived fromedit
  2. Latin · derived fromedictum
  3. Middle English · inherited fromedycte
  4. English todayedict

From Middle English edycte, borrowed from Latin edictum; earlier form edit, from Old French edit, from the same Latin word.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.