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Where does “テックス” come from?

テックス (Japanese) comes from English tex, from Ancient Greek τέχνη, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

テックス (Japanese): tex

Definitions

  1. tex

Ancestry of “テックス”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtexA milligram per meter, a unit of linear mass...
2Ancient Greekτέχνηcraft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile
3Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
4Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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