Where does “kuvateksti” come from?
kuvateksti (Finnish) comes from Finnish teksti, from Esperanto teksto, from Latin textus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
kuvateksti (Finnish): caption
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Ancestry of “kuvateksti”, step by step
kuvateksti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish teksti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | teksti | text; copy |
| 2 | Esperanto | teksto | text; lyrics |
| 3 | Latin | textus | woven, having been woven; texture, structure;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Finnish kuva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuva | picture; image; photograph, photo |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | skuwwô | reflection, mirror image; shadow |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nés | shadow, reflection |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |