Where does “Fließtext” come from?

Fließtext (German) comes from German text, from Middle High German text, from Latin textus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Fließtext (German): running text; the text of an article without...

Definitions

  1. running text; the text of an article without...

Ancestry of “Fließtext”, step by step

Fließtext traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German text

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantexttext writing consisting of several sentences and forming a discrete unit
2Middle High Germantext
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 German Fließ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFließstream
2Middle High Germanvlies
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin textus