Etymology

e-text

Today it means: An electronic or digital version of a text. Full definition →

English text ← Middle English text ← Old French texte
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  1. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  2. Latinēlectrum
  3. New Latinēlectricus
  4. Englishelectric
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ey-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éyti
  7. Proto-Hellenic*éimi
  8. Ancient Greekἰόν (ión)
  9. Englishion
  10. Englishelectron
  11. Englishelectronic
  12. Englishe-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*tek-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*téksti
  15. Proto-Italic*teksō
  16. Latintexō
  17. New Latintextus
  18. Old Frenchtexte
  19. Middle Englishtext
  20. Englishtext
  21. English todaye-text

From e- + text.

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