Editor

An 'Editor' is a person who prepares text?typically language, but also images and sounds?for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. In career terms, the word has four major senses:

Etymology

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, editor comes from the Latin phrase e ditus which means "to put forward". The editor ludorum in Ancient Rome was the person who put on the games. In French, editeur means "publisher". Also in Italian editore means "publisher". The word came into English from French. The verb to edit is a back formation from editor.

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Oxford English Dictionary - Latin - Ancient Rome - French - Italian - English - Back formation

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