Noneditable

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Describing content that cannot be modified or altered in any way
2. indicating a permanent status that prohibits changes or adjustments to the information
3. referring to objects or data that are fixed and locked from editing, ensuring their original form is preserved

Etymology: "Noneditable" is built from the prefix "non-", meaning "not", attached to "editable," which itself comes from "edit" plus the suffix "-able," meaning "capable of being." Put together, the word describes text, files or records that cannot be altered once they are set down. The "edit" at its core traces back to Latin "edere," meaning "to bring forth" or "to give out," which is also the source of "edition," a version put out for the public. The idea of making something public and final sits underneath the modern sense of changing it, so a noneditable document is, in a sense, one that has been issued and left fixed.