Etymology

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Today it means: A change to the text of a document. Full definition →

English editorbf. ← Medieval Latin ēditor ← Latin ēdō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*deh₃-redup.
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dédeh₃ti
  8. Proto-Italic*didō
  9. Latindō
  10. Latinēdō
  11. Medieval Latinēditor
  12. Englisheditorbf.
  13. English todayedit

Back-formation from editor, influenced by French éditer (“edit, publish”) and Latin editus.

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