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