Where does “tissue” come from?
Tissue comes from Old French tissu, the past participle of tissir, derived from Latin texere meaning to weave or construct by interlacing threads.
tissue (English): Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric; A fine...
Definitions
- Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric; A fine...
Ancestry of “tissue”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | tissu | tissue silk fabric |
| 2 | Old French | tissu | — |
| 3 | Old French | tistre | Alternative form of tissir |
| 4 | Latin | texere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | teksō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |
Words derived from “tissue”