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Where does “microtextured” come from?

microtextured (English) comes from English textured, 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.

microtextured (English): Having a microscale texture

Definitions

  1. Having a microscale texture

Ancestry of “microtextured”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtexturedHaving texture, not smooth; simple past tense and...
2EnglishtextureThe feel or shape of a surface or substance; the...
3Middle Frenchtexture—
4Latintexturaweaving; web; texture
5Latintexeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Proto-Italicteksō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget
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