Where does “text” come from?

text (German) comes 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.

text (German): text writing consisting of several sentences and forming a discrete unit

Definitions

  1. text writing consisting of several sentences and forming a discrete unit

Ancestry of “text”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germantext—
2Latintextuswoven, having been woven; texture, structure;...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “text”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin textus →