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Where does “tḗtḱ-ti” come from?

tḗtḱ-ti (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.

Ancestry of “tḗtḱ-ti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
2Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

Words derived from “tḗtḱ-ti”

  • text
  • tissue
  • subtle
  • texture
  • toilet
  • textbook
  • pretext
  • textile
  • subtly
  • subtlety
  • textured
  • hypertext
  • subtext
  • toilette
  • subtile
  • textural
  • texting
  • ciphertext
  • toileting
  • subtilty
  • tela
  • intertext
  • geotextile
  • toile
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