Where does “redactor” come from?
Redactor comes from Old French redacteur, from Latin redactor, agent noun of redactus, past participle of redigo, meaning to drive or bring back.
redactor (English): A person who redacts; an editor or compiler of...
Definitions
- A person who redacts; an editor or compiler of...
Ancestry of “redactor”, step by step
redactor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English redact
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | redact | To censor, to black out or remove parts of a... |
| 2 | Old French | redacter | — |
| 3 | Latin | redactus | driven or led back; received |
| 4 | Latin | redigō | to drive, lead, or bring back |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |