Meaning and Origin
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Origin and Meaning of Edit
User Submitted Origins
Hungarian
48%
English
32%
French
10%
Mexican
3%
Hebrew
3%
Spanish
3%
International Interest
Also see international interest
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
verb Ed"it
To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper.
Etymology: F. éditer, or L. editus, p. p. of edere to give out, put forth, publish; e out + dare to give. See Date a point of time
Other Dictionary Sources
- Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting ("Edit a book on lexical semantics" and "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages")
- Cut or eliminate ("she edited the juiciest scenes")
- Cut and assemble the components of ("edit film")
- Supervise the publication of ("The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years")
Wiktionary
Back-formation from editor, influenced by French éditer (“edit, publish”) and Latin editus.
- A change to the text of a document.
- (computing) A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.
edit was also found in the following language(s): Latin