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Where does “misedition” come from?

misedition (English) comes from English edition, from French édition, from Latin ēditiō, from Latin edere, from Latin edo, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.

misedition (English): An incorrect or spurious edition

Definitions

  1. An incorrect or spurious edition

Ancestry of “misedition”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisheditionA written work edited and published, as by a...
2Frenchéditionedition
3Latinēditiō—
4Latinederepresent active infinitive of edō; second-person...
5LatinedoI eat; I give out, put or bring forth; eject,...
6LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
7Latincommūnicō—
8Latincommūnis—
9Old Latincom(m)oinis—
10Proto-Italickommoinis—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt—
15Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
16Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
17Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss
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