English
inedita
Inedita comes from Latin inēdita, and goes back to ēdō ‘publish, put forth’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēdō1‘publish, put forth’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinēdita1
- Englishearliest quotation 1981inedita1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English inedita
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1981, Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, J. C. Giebum: “Nos. 3110-3136 are from the area of Phygela Marathesion;…”.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēdōWiktionary, English inedita‘publish, put forth’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinēditaWiktionary, English inedita
- Englishearliest quotation 1981ineditaWiktionary, English inedita. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1981, Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, J. C. Giebum: “Nos. 3110-3136 are from the area of Phygela Marathesion;…”
A compound of ēx + dō ‘give’
Latin ēx
Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘give’
Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti ‘to be giving’
Proto-Italic *didō ‘to give’
Latin dō ‘give’
The story
Various Romance cognates such as French inédit and Italian inedito.
Linked words
through Latin ēdō ‘publish, put forth’
Today it means
noun Unpublished literary works.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “inedita”. 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 / inedita