The story
- Middle English · derived from-el
- Latin · derived fromtextus
- Latin · derived fromtextuālis
- Middle English · inherited fromtextewell
- English todaytextual
From Middle English textewell, textueel, textuel, textuele, tixtuel (“learned in texts, bookish”), possibly from Latin textuālis; also compare Middle French textuele; or perhaps a coinage by Chaucer from Latin textus and Middle English -el. English spelling conformed to Latin from late 15c. By surface analysis, text + -ual.
Words from the same roots
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.