e-text

noun

An electronic or digital version of a text.

OriginEnglish text ← Middle English text ← Old French texte →
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Meanings

noune-text (plural e-texts)

plural e-texts · alternative etext

  1. An electronic or digital version of a text.

Origin

  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. Englishe-text

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APA

e-text. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-text

MLA

“e-text.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-text. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “e-text,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-text.

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