Where does “tekstauskirjain” come from?
tekstauskirjain (Finnish) comes from Finnish tekstaus, from Finnish tekstata, 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.
tekstauskirjain (Finnish): block letter
Definitions
- block letter
Ancestry of “tekstauskirjain”, step by step
tekstauskirjain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tekstaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tekstaus | sending a text message |
| 2 | Finnish | tekstata | To text message; To write non-cursive letters... |
| 3 | Finnish | teksti | text; copy |
| 4 | Esperanto | teksto | text; lyrics |
| 5 | Latin | textus | woven, having been woven; texture, structure;... |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |