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Where does “textured” come from?

Textured comes from Middle English texture with the past participle suffix -ed, from Latin textura, from Latin textus, the past participle of Latin texere meaning to weave, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-, derived from the root teḱ-.

textured (English): Having texture, not smooth; simple past tense and...

Definitions

  1. Having texture, not smooth; simple past tense and...

Ancestry of “textured”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtextureThe feel or shape of a surface or substance; the...
2Middle Frenchtexture—
3Latintexturaweaving; web; texture
4Latintexeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Proto-Italicteksō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

Words derived from “textured”

  • untextured
  • microtextured
  • multitextured
  • nanotextured
  • nontextured
  • texturedness
  • intextured
  • monotextured
  • Afro-textured
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