Where does “textident” come from?

textident (English) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

textident (English): An accident caused by a driver or pedestrian...

Definitions

  1. An accident caused by a driver or pedestrian...

Ancestry of “textident”, step by step

textident traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English text

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

via English accident

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaccidentAn unexpected event with negative consequences...
2Middle Englishaccident
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin textus