Where does “hypertext” come from?
Hypertext comes from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ meaning "over" combined with English text, which derives from Latin texere meaning "to weave," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European teḱ-.
hypertext (English): Digital text in which the reader may navigate...
Definitions
- Digital text in which the reader may navigate...
Ancestry of “hypertext”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | text | A writing consisting of multiple glyphs,... |
| 2 | Middle English | text | — |
| 3 | Old French | texte | text |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | textus | the Scriptures, text, treatise; text |
| 5 | Latin | textus | woven, having been woven; texture, structure;... |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |