Etymograph

English

textile

Textile comes from Latin textilis ‘woven’, from texō ‘weave’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- ‘to create, produce’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tetḱ-‘to create, produce’root as named
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*teksōreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtexō‘weave’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtextilis‘woven’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtextilesubstantive use of textilis
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tetḱ-‘to create, produce’root as named
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*teksōreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtexō‘weave’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtextilis‘woven’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtextilesubstantive use of textilis
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- ‘to create, produce’

technical, technique, architecture, arch, polytechnic, tectonics, tassie, technic, tela, technetium, 15 more

through Latin texō ‘weave’

tissue, texture, pretext, 3 more

Today it means

noun Any material made of interlacing or matted fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles, woven or nonwoven.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- / textile

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