Where does “texting” come from?
Texting comes from English text, derived from Old French texte, from Latin textus, the past participle of texere meaning to weave, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European teḱ-.
texting (English): present participle of text; the use of a mobile...
Definitions
- present participle of text; the use of a mobile...
Ancestry of “texting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | text | A writing consisting of multiple glyphs,... |
| 2 | Middle English | text | — |
| 3 | Old French | texte | text |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | textus | the Scriptures, text, treatise; text |
| 5 | Latin | textus | woven, having been woven; texture, structure;... |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “texting”