edition

/əˈdɪʃən/uh-DIH-shuhn

Meaninga giving out

Common meaning: a form in which a book is issued

eout
ditto give, putLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 604 · scan
ionnoun ending: act or result

‘out’ + ‘to give, put’ → edition

Journey through time

Latindō, datum‘to give, put’
Englishedition‘a form in which a book is issued’ · today

e- also in: emit eject erase erect erode

dit also in: add data date render tradition

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin dō ‘to give, put’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry dō, p. 604 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry DATE, p. 153 · dictionary scan

Roots

dō, datum Latin “to give, put”

Related words

add data date render tradition

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