English
redact
Redact comes from Latin redactus, from redigō ‘drive, lead, collect, reduce’, and ultimately from agō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagō‘put in motion, drive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEredigō‘drive, lead, collect, reduce’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEredactusperfect passive participle of redigō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400redacter
- Englishearliest quotation 1554redact
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagō‘put in motion, drive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEredigō‘drive, lead, collect, reduce’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEredactusperfect passive participle of redigō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400redacter
- Englishearliest quotation 1554redact
Earliest quotation: 1554, Dean Thomas Guild, Monk of Newbattle: “[…] the principall mans or manerie of thame lordis…”
Linked words
through Latin agō ‘put in motion, drive’
agency, agent, action, act, activity, active, actual, examination, examine, actor, agenda, ambiguous, squat, agile, ambiguity, activate, agility, assay, agitation, enact, radium, cogent, actuator, exigent, actuation, inexact, actuate, 97 more
Today it means
verb To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin agō / redact