Etymology

editorialize

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Today it means: To introduce or insert personal opinions, judgments or subjective interpretations into news reporting or factual accounts where objectivity is expected. Full definition →

First used mid-19th c.English editorial ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Medieval Latin ēditor
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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. Englisheditor
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. Englisheditorial
  16. English todayeditorialize

From editorial + -ize.

First known use, by meaning

  • from mid-19th c. To introduce or insert personal opinions, judgments or subjective interpretations into news reporting or factual accounts where objectivity is expected.

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