Editor
/ˈɛdɪtər/noun
A person who prepares written material for publication by correcting, revising, or selecting content.
Did you know?Editor comes from Latin *ēditor*, “one who brings forth,” from *ēdere*—literally “to put out, publish, produce,” the same root behind some of the oldest ideas of making something visible.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁ed-
“to put, place”
Latin
Latin
ēdere
“to put forth, bring out, publish”
Latin
Latin
ēditor
“one who publishes or brings forth”
Late Middle English
English
editor
“a publisher or compiler of texts”
Modern English
English
editor
“a person who prepares written material for publication”