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Where does “subeditor” come from?

subeditor (English) comes from English editor, from Medieval Latin editor, from Latin ēditor, from Latin ēditus, from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

subeditor (English): An assistant editor, usually in a specific...

Definitions

  1. An assistant editor, usually in a specific...

Ancestry of “subeditor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisheditorA person who edits or makes changes to documents;...
2Medieval Latineditorsecond/third-person singular future passive...
3Latinēditor—
4Latinēditus—
5Latinedō—
6Latin-ilis-ile
7Proto-Italic-elis—
8Proto-Indo-European-elis—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “subeditor”

  • subeditorship
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