Where does “Zeitungsredaktor” come from?

Zeitungsredaktor (German) comes from Czech redaktor, from Russian реда́ктор, from French rédacteur, from Latin redactus, from Latin redigō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.

Zeitungsredaktor (German): newspaper editor male or of unspecified sex

Definitions

  1. newspaper editor male or of unspecified sex

Ancestry of “Zeitungsredaktor”, step by step

Zeitungsredaktor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech redaktor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechredaktoreditor
2Russianреда́кторeditor (person who edits)
3Frenchrédacteureditor; author, writer
4Latinredactusdriven or led back; received
5Latinredigōto drive, lead, or bring back
6Latinrĕ-back, backwards
7Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
8Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
9Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
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

via German Zeitung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZeitungnewspaper; tidings, news
2Middle Dutchtīdinge
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós
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