Etymograph

English

edition

Edition comes from French édition, from Latin ēditiō ‘publishing’, and ultimately from Latin ēdō ‘to give out, publish’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēdō1‘to give out, publish’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēditiō1‘publishing; edition’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentédition1
  4. Englishtodayedition1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English edition

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēdōWiktionary, English edition‘to give out, publish’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēditiōWiktionary, English edition‘publishing; edition’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentéditionWiktionary, English edition
  4. EnglishtodayeditionWiktionary, English edition

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Today it means

noun A written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner, or at a certain time.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “edition”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Latin ēdō / edition