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Where does “textbooky” come from?

textbooky (English) comes from English textbook, from English text, from Middle English text, from Old French texte, from Medieval Latin textus, from Latin textus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

textbooky (English): textbooklike

Definitions

  1. textbooklike

Ancestry of “textbooky”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtextbookA coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a...
2EnglishtextA writing consisting of multiple glyphs,...
3Middle Englishtext—
4Old Frenchtextetext
5Medieval Latintextusthe Scriptures, text, treatise; text
6Latintextuswoven, having been woven; texture, structure;...
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus—
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →