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Where does “Afro-textured” come from?

Afro-textured (English) comes from English textured, from English texture, from Middle French texture, from Latin textura, from Latin texere, from Proto-Italic teksō, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.

Afro-textured (English): Of hair: having a naturally dense texture, like...

Definitions

  1. Of hair: having a naturally dense texture, like...

Ancestry of “Afro-textured”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtexturedHaving texture, not smooth; simple past tense and...
2EnglishtextureThe feel or shape of a surface or substance; the...
3Middle Frenchtexture—
4Latintexturaweaving; web; texture
5Latintexeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Proto-Italicteksō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget
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