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Where does “microtexture” come from?

microtexture (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.

microtexture (English): The set of crystallographic orientations whose...

Definitions

  1. The set of crystallographic orientations whose...

Ancestry of “microtexture”, 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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