Where does “text message” come from?

text message (English) comes 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.

text message (English): A brief electronic message sent between mobile...

Definitions

  1. A brief electronic message sent between mobile...

Ancestry of “text message”, step by step

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

Words derived from “text message”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin textus →