Where does “Texterkennung” come from?

Texterkennung (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.

Texterkennung (German): optical character recognition; predictive text

Definitions

  1. optical character recognition; predictive text

Ancestry of “Texterkennung”, step by step

Texterkennung 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 Erkennung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanErkennungrecognition, identification; detection; cognition
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin textus
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