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Where does “redact” come from?

redact (English) comes from Old French redacter, from Latin redactus, from Latin redigō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

redact (English): To censor, to black out or remove parts of a...

Definitions

  1. To censor, to black out or remove parts of a...

Ancestry of “redact”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchredacter—
2Latinredactusdriven or led back; received
3Latinredigō—
4Latinrĕ-—
5Latinprōdūcō—
6Latinprō-—
7Proto-Italic*pro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “redact”

  • redactor
  • redactive
  • unredact
  • unredactable
  • redactable
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