Where does “texture” come from?

texture (Middle French) comes from Latin textura, from Latin texere, from Proto-Italic teksō, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.

Ancestry of “texture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintexturaweaving; web; texture
2Latintexeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Proto-Italicteksō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

Words derived from “texture”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- →