Where does “videoteksi” come from?
videoteksi (Finnish) comes from English videotex, from English text, from Middle English text, from Old French texte, from Medieval Latin textus, from Latin textus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
videoteksi (Finnish): videotex, videotext
Definitions
- videotex, videotext
Ancestry of “videoteksi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | videotex | Any of various early information retrieval... |
| 2 | English | text | A writing consisting of multiple glyphs,... |
| 3 | Middle English | text | — |
| 4 | Old French | texte | text |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | textus | the Scriptures, text, treatise; text |
| 6 | Latin | textus | woven, having been woven; texture, structure;... |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |