Etymology

texture

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Today it means: The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something. Full definition →

Middle French texture ← Latin textūra ← Proto-Italic *teksō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*tek-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*téksti
  3. Proto-Italic*teksō
  4. Latintexō
  5. Latintextūra
  6. Middle Frenchtexture
  7. English todaytexture

Borrowed from Middle French texture, borrowed from Latin textūra (“a weaving, web, texture, structure”), from textus, past participle of texere (“to weave”). See text. Doublet of tessitura.

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