Where does “tekstitys” come from?
tekstitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish tekstittää, 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.
tekstitys (Finnish): subtitle; subtitling; surtitle, supertitle
Definitions
- subtitle; subtitling; surtitle, supertitle
Ancestry of “tekstitys”, step by step
tekstitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tekstittää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tekstittää | To subtitle |
| 2 | Finnish | teksti | text; copy |
| 3 | Esperanto | teksto | text; lyrics |
| 4 | Latin | textus | woven, having been woven; texture, structure;... |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |