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Where does “unredacted” come from?

unredacted (English) comes from English unredact, from English redact, from Old French redacter, from Latin redactus, from Latin redigō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.

unredacted (English): Not redacted; uncensored; simple past tense and...

Definitions

  1. Not redacted; uncensored; simple past tense and...

Ancestry of “unredacted”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunredactTo restore; To restore redacted material in
2EnglishredactTo censor, to black out or remove parts of a...
3Old Frenchredacter—
4Latinredactusdriven or led back; received
5Latinredigō—
6Latinrĕ-—
7Latinprōdūcō—
8Latinprō-—
9Proto-Italic*pro-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
12Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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