Where does “edit warrior” come from?
edit warrior (English) comes from English warrior, from Middle English werreour, from Old French guerreier, from Vulgar Latin werrizo, from Latin -izo, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō — he, she.
edit warrior (English): One who engages in an edit war
Definitions
- One who engages in an edit war
Ancestry of “edit warrior”, step by step
edit warrior traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English warrior
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | warrior | A person who is actively engaged in battle,... |
| 2 | Middle English | werreour | A warrior or combatant; one who partakes in... |
| 3 | Old French | guerreier | Alternative form of guerroiier; warrior;... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | werrizo | I wage war |
| 5 | Latin | -izo | Used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ίζειν | present active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English edit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | editor, publisher |
| 5 | Latin | ēditus | brought forth, having been brought forth; ejected, having been ejected, discharged, having been discharged |
| 6 | Latin | edō | to eat |
| 7 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |