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
- Of hair: having a naturally dense texture, like...
Ancestry of “Afro-textured”, step by step
Afro-textured traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English textured
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | textured | Having texture, not smooth; simple past tense and... |
| 2 | English | texture | The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the... |
| 3 | Middle French | texture | — |
| 4 | Latin | textura | weaving; web; texture |
| 5 | Latin | texere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | teksō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |