Where does “Redakteur” come from?
Redakteur (German) comes from Dutch redacteur, from French rédacteur, from Latin redactus, from Latin redigō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.
Redakteur (German): editor
Ancestry of “Redakteur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | redacteur | editor |
| 2 | French | rédacteur | editor; author, writer |
| 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 |
Words derived from “Redakteur”