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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 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 |