Where does “Celotex” come from?

Celotex (English) comes 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.

Celotex (English): A rough-textured fiberboard used on ceilings as...

Definitions

  1. A rough-textured fiberboard used on ceilings as...

Ancestry of “Celotex”, step by step

Celotex traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English texture

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtextureThe feel or shape of a surface or substance; the...
2Middle Frenchtexture—
3Latintexturaweaving; web; texture
4Latintexeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Proto-Italicteksō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

via English ceiling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishceilingThe overhead closure of a room; The upper limit...
2Middle Englishcelingpaneling; cover or hanging
3Middle Englishcelento cover or panel walls
4Old Frenchcelerto conceal
5Latincelōto hide (something from someone), cover, keep a secret, conceal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- →Every word from Proto-Italic teksō →Every word from Latin texere →