Where does “tekstari” come from?

tekstari (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.

tekstari (Finnish): text message

Definitions

  1. text message

Ancestry of “tekstari”, step by step

tekstari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish teksti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtekstitext; copy
2Esperantotekstotext; lyrics
3Latintextuswoven, having been woven; texture, structure;...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Finnish Ari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAri
2Latinadrianus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin textus
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