Text
/tɛkst/noun
Written words or printed material, especially the main body of a work.
Did you know?The word comes from Latin *textus*, meaning “woven,” because early writers imagined language as threads interlaced into a fabric of meaning.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*tekʷ-
“to weave, fabricate, construct”
Latin
Latin
texere
“to weave, plait, construct”
Latin
Latin
textus
“a woven thing; texture; style of composition”
Old French
Old French
texte
“a passage from a book; scripture”
Middle English
English
text
“a passage from a written work”
Modern English
English
text
“written words or printed material”