Where does “テキストブック” come from?
テキストブック (Japanese) comes from English textbook, 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.
テキストブック (Japanese): Synonym of 教科書
Ancestry of “テキストブック”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | textbook | A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a... |
| 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 |