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Where does “re-edition” come from?

re-edition (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.

re-edition (English): A new edition

Definitions

  1. A new edition

Ancestry of “re-edition”, 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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