Where does “editor” come from?
Editor comes from Medieval Latin editor, derived from Latin edere (to bring forth or produce) combined with the agent suffix -tor (one who does).
editor (English): A person who edits or makes changes to documents;...
Definitions
- A person who edits or makes changes to documents;...
Ancestry of “editor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | editor | second/third-person singular future passive... |
| 2 | Latin | ēditor | editor, publisher |
| 3 | Latin | ēditus | brought forth, having been brought forth; ejected, having been ejected, discharged, having been discharged |
| 4 | Latin | edō | to eat |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |