English

holy text

From holy + text.

A compound of holy + text

Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos ‘intact’

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Proto-Germanic *hailagaz ‘holy’

Proto-West Germanic *hailag ‘holy’

Old English hāleġ ‘holy’

Middle English ali

English holy

Proto-Italic *teksō

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Latin textus ‘style or texture of a work’

Medieval Latin textus ‘text’

Old French texte

Middle English text

English text

Today it means

noun Synonym of religious text.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / holy text