edition etymology

English word edition comes from Latin edo, Latin -tione, Latin edere, and later Latin editio (Edition. Exhibition. Publishing. Statement, representation.)

Detailed word origin of edition

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
edo Latin (lat) I give out, put or bring forth; eject, discharge.. I produce, bear, give birth to, yield, form, beget.. I produce, perform, show, inflict, bring about, cause.. I put forth, publish, spread abroad, circulate.. I raise up, lift, elevate.. I set forth, relate, tell, disclose, deliver, announce, declare.
-tione Latin (lat)
edere Latin (lat)
editio Latin (lat) Edition. Exhibition. Publishing. Statement, representation.
édition French (fra) Edition (of a magazine, etc.).
edition English (eng) (sport) A particular instance of an event.. A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner.. The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time.

Words with the same origin as edition

Descendants of edo
edit editor editorial