Where does “audiotext” come from?

audiotext (English) comes from English text, from Middle English text, 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.

audiotext (English): text converted into a spoken or audible form

Definitions

  1. text converted into a spoken or audible form

Ancestry of “audiotext”, step by step

audiotext traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English text

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtextA writing consisting of multiple glyphs,...
2Middle Englishtext
3Old Frenchtextetext
4Medieval Latintextusthe Scriptures, text, treatise; text
5Latintextuswoven, having been woven; texture, structure;...
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via English Audio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAudioFocused on audible sound, as opposed to sight
2Englishaudio-sound
3English‐o‐
4Latin‐o‐
5Ancient Greek-ό-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus