Editor

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mid 17th century: from Latin, ‘producer (of games), publisher’, from edit- ‘produced, put out’, from the verb edere .

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From Medieval Latin ēditor, from Late Latin ēditor [1], from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō(“give out, put forth, publish”).

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editor (n.)

1640s, "publisher," from Latin editor "one who puts forth," agent noun from editus, past participle of edere "to bring forth, produce" (see edition). By 1712 in sense of "person who prepares written matter for publication;" specific sense in newspapers is from 1803.