Where does “edit” come from?

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

edit (Indonesian): to edit

Definitions

  1. to edit

Ancestry of “edit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisheditA change to the text of a document; A change in...
2EnglisheditorA person who edits or makes changes to documents;...
3Medieval Latineditorsecond/third-person singular future passive...
4Latinēditoreditor, publisher
5Latinēditusbrought forth, having been brought forth; ejected, having been ejected, discharged, having been discharged
6Latinedōto eat
7Latin-ilis-ile
8Proto-Italic-elis
9Proto-Indo-European-elis
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “edit

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós
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