*SET-U

English word origin

Etymology of edit

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti P

1 source sectionExtended source reportWiktionary original ↗
In this entry · 1 source sections

The source etymologies

Wiktionary via Kaikki / Wiktextract

The source reports below are imported and unreviewed by *SET-U. Separate numbered origins and differing source variants are preserved; agreement within this extraction is not independent corroboration.

Unnumbered source etymology

Original entry ↗
noun

A change to the text of a document. · A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software. · An edited piece of media, especially video footage. · A compilation of memorable moments (in a show, sport, etc.), often featuring stylized camera effects and intense music.

verb

To change a text, or a document. · To alter a photograph or recording of sound or video. · To be the editor of a publication. · To change the contents of a file, website, etc.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Italic *didō Latin dō Latin ēdō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Medieval Latin ēditorder. English editorbf. Frenchinflu. English edit Back-formation from editor, influenced by French éditer (“edit, publish”) and Latin editus.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Root classification mention*deh₃-ine-pro
  • Unspecified derivation mentionéditerfr
  • Unspecified derivation mentioneditusla

This page abbreviates 7 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.

Inspect preserved source fields

Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.

{
  "templates": [
    {
      "name": "root",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*deh₃-"
      },
      "expansion": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "ety",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":bf",
        "3": "editor",
        "4": ":influence",
        "5": "fr:-",
        "tree": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ\nProto-Indo-European *-s\nProto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs\nProto-Italic *eks\nLatin ex\nLatin ex-\nProto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup.\nProto-Indo-European *-ti\nProto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti\nProto-Italic *didō\nLatin dō\nLatin ēdō\nProto-Indo-European *-tōr\nProto-Italic *-tōr\nLatin -tor\nMedieval Latin ēditorder.\nEnglish editorbf.\nFrenchinflu.\nEnglish edit\n[Appendix:Glossary#back-formation|Back-formation]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"give out\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"gloss\" : \"out of\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"out\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₁éǵʰ\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"id\" : \"adverbial\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-s\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₁éǵʰs\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*eks\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"ex\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"ex-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }, { \"gloss\" : \"to give\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"give\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"redup.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Reduplication of\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"give\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*deh₃-\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"reduplication\" }, { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"verb\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-ti\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*dédeh₃ti\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*didō\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"dō\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"ēdō\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"agent nouns\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"agent\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-tōr\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-tōr\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-tor\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Medieval Latin\", \"term\" : \"ēditor\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la-med\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"editor\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"back-formation\" }, { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"influ.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Influenced by\", \"terms\" : [ { \"lang_name\" : \"French\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"children\" : [ ], \"lang\" : \"fr\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"influence\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"edit\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"edit\">"
    },
    {
      "name": "back-form",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "editor"
      },
      "expansion": "Back-formation from editor"
    },
    {
      "name": "uder",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "éditer",
        "4": "",
        "5": "edit, publish"
      },
      "expansion": "French éditer (“edit, publish”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "uder",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "editus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin editus"
    },
    {
      "name": "ety",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":bf",
        "3": "editor",
        "4": ":influence",
        "5": "fr:-",
        "tree": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ\nProto-Indo-European *-s\nProto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs\nProto-Italic *eks\nLatin ex\nLatin ex-\nProto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup.\nProto-Indo-European *-ti\nProto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti\nProto-Italic *didō\nLatin dō\nLatin ēdō\nProto-Indo-European *-tōr\nProto-Italic *-tōr\nLatin -tor\nMedieval Latin ēditorder.\nEnglish editorbf.\nFrenchinflu.\nEnglish edit"
    }
  ],
  "links": [
    [
      "*h₁éǵʰ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁éǵʰ"
    ],
    [
      "*-s",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-s#Proto-Indo-European:_adverbial"
    ],
    [
      "*h₁éǵʰs",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁éǵʰs"
    ],
    [
      "*eks",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/eks"
    ],
    [
      "ex",
      "ex#Latin:_out"
    ],
    [
      "ex-",
      "ex-#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "*deh₃-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/deh₃-#Proto-Indo-European:_give"
    ],
    [
      "*-ti",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-ti#Proto-Indo-European:_verb"
    ],
    [
      "*dédeh₃ti",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dédeh₃ti"
    ],
    [
      "*didō",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/didō#Proto-Italic:_give"
    ],
    [
      "dō",
      "do#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "ēdō",
      "edo#Latin:_give_out"
    ],
    [
      "*-tōr",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tōr#Proto-Indo-European:_agent"
    ],
    [
      "*-tōr",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-tōr#Proto-Italic:_agent_nouns"
    ],
    [
      "-tor",
      "-tor#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "ēditor",
      "editor#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "editor",
      "editor#English"
    ],
    [
      "editor",
      "editor#English"
    ],
    [
      "éditer",
      "éditer#French"
    ],
    [
      "editus",
      "editus#Latin"
    ]
  ],
  "references": [],
  "descendants": [],
  "lexical": [
    {
      "pos": "noun",
      "glosses": [
        "A change to the text of a document.",
        "A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.",
        "An edited piece of media, especially video footage.",
        "A compilation of memorable moments (in a show, sport, etc.), often featuring stylized camera effects and intense music."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "specifically"
      ],
      "recordId": "15a21102a5ff95e7ef82ca10e967b3b91f24dd621bf8ec2bae379ad3382bc908",
      "rawRecordSha256": "e7385db938baaed21f41072a6f85cf725f29a079acc27e67eed88c0144569a03",
      "sourceRecordOrdinal": 90488
    },
    {
      "pos": "verb",
      "glosses": [
        "To change a text, or a document.",
        "To alter a photograph or recording of sound or video.",
        "To be the editor of a publication.",
        "To change the contents of a file, website, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "recordId": "892b941e7010d868c3b6f3fbda196e981b8b225217a0d590b259b716c7a375fa",
      "rawRecordSha256": "8b45b7ee4b18d509897a1bf0a342e6fb50cf9fd691ef625626b053398b0afff2",
      "sourceRecordOrdinal": 90489
    }
  ],
  "omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
    "templates": 0,
    "links": 0,
    "references": 0,
    "descendants": 0,
    "lexicalRecords": 0,
    "lexicalSenses": 7,
    "glosses": 0
  }
}

Where this record stops

This page does not supply an independently verified sound-change sequence, first-use manuscript or complete family tree unless a cited analysis explicitly establishes one. Missing detail here is a limit of this record—not a claim that humanity knows nothing more.

An older meaning does not determine what a word must mean today. Follow the sources, preserve disagreements, and keep ancestry separate from interpretation.

Contribute located evidence for edit →

Source and snapshot

Imported from Wiktionary contributors; extracted by Tatu Ylonen / Wiktextract / Kaikki.org. Selected fields are reformatted and grouped; wording, source identity and etymology sections are retained. CC-BY-SA-4.0 applies to the imported source material.

Dump: 2026-10-01 · Extracted: 2026-10-30. These are snapshot dates, not the word’s first attestation or the page’s revision date.

Source entry and bibliography ↗Wiktionary revision history ↗Acquisition and rights ledger
Machine-source provenance
Source SHA-256
5ff2c072f8099f2d2ce484bd6957bf179f046d2ad37bc36555edf8bb84cb5291
Import run
73216b9a9b78ed3830994bf853103716f5a4dc57099e371e9f8fdc468facca26
Permanent entry ID
w-ZWRpdA