Where does “Lückentext” come from?
Lückentext (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.
Lückentext (German): cloze; text in a cloze
Definitions
- cloze; text in a cloze
Ancestry of “Lückentext”, step by step
Lückentext traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German text
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | text | text writing consisting of several sentences and forming a discrete unit |
| 2 | Middle High German | text | — |
| 3 | Latin | textus | woven, having been woven; texture, structure;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |