Where does “edit war” come from?
edit war (English) comes from English edit, from English editor, from Medieval Latin editor, from Latin ēditor, from Latin ēditus, from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
edit war (English): A dispute over the content of a page on a wiki or...
Definitions
- A dispute over the content of a page on a wiki or...
Ancestry of “edit war”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | edit | A change to the text of a document; A change in... |
| 2 | English | editor | A person who edits or makes changes to documents;... |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | editor | second/third-person singular future passive... |
| 4 | Latin | ēditor | — |
| 5 | Latin | ēditus | — |
| 6 | Latin | edō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |