Where does “tekstverwerker” come from?

tekstverwerker (Dutch) comes from Dutch tekst, from Old French texte, from Medieval Latin textus, from Latin textus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

tekstverwerker (Dutch): word processor

Definitions

  1. word processor

Ancestry of “tekstverwerker”, step by step

tekstverwerker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch tekst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchteksttext; lyrics; A large size of type standardized...
2Old Frenchtextetext
3Medieval Latintextusthe Scriptures, text, treatise; text
4Latintextuswoven, having been woven; texture, structure;...
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Dutch verwerker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchverwerker
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus
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