English
redaction
Redaction may come from French rédaction ‘editing’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentrédaction‘editing’uncertain
- Englishtodayredaction
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentrédaction‘editing’uncertain
- Englishtodayredaction
Equivalent to redact + -ion
Latin agō ‘put in motion, drive’
Latin redigō ‘drive, lead, collect, reduce’
Latin redactus
Old French redacter
English redact
Linked words
through Latin agō ‘to put in motion, to drive’
agency, act, agent, actual, activity, active, actor, examine, agenda, examination, reaction, ambiguous, transaction, squat, agile, ambiguity, agility, activate, assay, enact, radium, agitation, cogent, actuator, exigent, inexact, actuate, actuation, 96 more
Today it means
noun An edited or censored version of a document; a product resulting from the process of editing or censoring.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French rédaction / redaction