Etymograph

English

hypotext

From hypo- + text.

Formed from hypo- + text

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘under, below’

Ancient Greek ὑπό ‘under’

English hypo-

Proto-Italic *teksō

…

Latin textus ‘style or texture of a work’

Medieval Latin textus ‘text’

Old French texte

Middle English text

English text

Today it means

noun An earlier text which serves as the source of a subsequent piece of literature.

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

Etymograph / hypotext