Etymology

editable

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Today it means: Capable of being edited. Full definition →

English edit ← Medieval Latin ēditor ← Latin ēdō
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The story

  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. Englishedit
  14. English todayeditable

From edit + -able.

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