Etymology

urtext

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Today it means: A primitive, seminal, or prototypical example of an artistic genre or the basis of an ideological movement. Full definition →

English text ← Middle English text ← Old French texte
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The story

  1. Englishur-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tek-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*téksti
  4. Proto-Italic*teksō
  5. Latintexō
  6. New Latintextus
  7. Old Frenchtexte
  8. Middle Englishtext
  9. Englishtext
  10. English todayurtext

From ur- + text.

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