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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

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
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