Etymology of the English word redact
the English word
redactderived from the Latin word
redigere (drive back; reduce; render)
using the Latin prefix
re-derived from the Medieval Latin word
agere (to drive; drive, urge, conduct)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ag-using the Latin prefix
red-Date
The earliest known usage of redact in English dates from the 15th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
