Etymograph

English

martext

From mar + text.

A compound of mar + text

Proto-Indo-European *mers- ‘to annoy, disturb, neglect, forget, ignore’

Proto-Germanic *marzijaną ‘to disturb, hinder’

Old English mierran ‘to mar, disturb, confuse’

Middle English merren ‘to disturb, hinder, or prevent’

English mar

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 A blundering preacher.

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

Etymograph / martext