Where does “Editor” come from?
Editor (German) comes from Late Latin editor, from Latin editus, from Latin edo, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
Editor (German): editor person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories
Definitions
- editor person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories
Ancestry of “Editor”, step by step
Editor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Late Latin editor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | editor | — |
| 2 | Latin | editus | brought forth, having been brought forth;... |
| 3 | Latin | edo | I eat; I give out, put or bring forth; eject,... |
| 4 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 5 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via English editor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | editor | A person who edits or makes changes to documents;... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | editor | second/third-person singular future passive... |
| 3 | Latin | ēditor | editor, publisher |
| 4 | Latin | ēditus | brought forth, having been brought forth; ejected, having been ejected, discharged, having been discharged |
| 5 | Latin | edō | to eat |
| 6 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |