Where does “ハイパーテキスト” come from?
ハイパーテキスト (Japanese) comes from English hypertext, 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.
ハイパーテキスト (Japanese): hypertext
Ancestry of “ハイパーテキスト”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | hypertext | Digital text in which the reader may navigate... |
| 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 |