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Where does “textus” come from?

textus (Latin) comes from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

textus (Latin): woven, having been woven; texture, structure;...

Definitions

  1. woven, having been woven; texture, structure;...

Ancestry of “textus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
2Proto-Italic-tus—
3Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “textus”

  • text
  • texture
  • textbook
  • textured
  • hypertext
  • subtext
  • textural
  • texting
  • ciphertext
  • intertext
  • Celotex
  • paratext
  • cleartext
  • textbased
  • metatext
  • texturally
  • echotexture
  • nontext
  • Teletext
  • prooftext
  • intertexture
  • Eurotext
  • playtext
  • urtext
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →