Where does “texton” come from?

texton (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.

texton (English): A basic microcomponent of an image that may be...

Definitions

  1. A basic microcomponent of an image that may be...

Ancestry of “texton”, step by step

texton traces back through 3 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 on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishonIn the state of being active, functioning or...
2Middle Englishonon, in; on; Alternative form of oon
3Old Englishonon, in, at, among; from
4Proto-West Germanicanaon
5Proto-Germanic*an
6Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via English texture

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtextureThe feel or shape of a surface or substance; the...
2Middle Frenchtexture
3Latintexturaweaving; web; texture
4Latintexeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus
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