Here's a quiz for all you etymology buffs. Can you pick the words from the following list that come from the same Latin root?
A. redaction B. prodigal C. agent D. essay
E. navigate F. ambiguous
If you guessed all of them, you are right. Now, for bonus points, name the Latin root that they all have in common. If you knew that it is the verb agere, meaning to "to drive, lead, act, or do," you get an A+. Redaction is from the Latin verb redigere ("to bring back" or "to reduce"), which was formed by adding the prefix red- (meaning "back") to agere. Some other agere offspring include act, agenda, cogent, litigate, chasten, agile, and transact.
Examples of redaction in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebIn the end, with Sommer clearly irritated that the jury was being forced to wait for the trial proper to start up, about half of the defense’s redactions, mainly the ones on Baldwin’s personal life, were permitted – though remarks about his wife coming to visit him in New Mexico were allowed.—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 11 July 2024 The court has given lawyers until noon on Friday to submit redactions, according to the docket.—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 26 June 2024 In one, a document with redactions sits in a box on top of an edition of The Washington Post with a front-page story describing Trump’s difficult relationship with the FBI.—Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 25 June 2024 O’Hara has a copy of that critical report, but it is filled with redactions.—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for redaction
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Word History
Etymology
French rédaction, from Late Latin redaction-, redactio act of reducing, compressing, from Latin redigere to bring back, reduce, from re-, red- re- + agere to lead — more at agent
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