I thought this might be interesting to some forum members.
Merriam-Webster Word of the Day, July 21, 2019: redaction
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.
Source:
Merriam-Webster Word of the DayI guessed, correctly, that redaction and agent are related. For navigate I was not sure. This comes to a score of about 40%.