English
textual
Textual comes from Middle English textewell.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500textewell
- Englishearliest quotation 2019textual
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
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- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500textewell
- Englishearliest quotation 2019textual
Earliest quotation: 2019, Jess Schwalb, Red Line Rebellion: “On any given Friday night at the Claremont Colleges,…”
Equivalent to text + -ual
Proto-Italic *teksō
…
Latin textus ‘style or texture of a work’
Medieval Latin textus ‘text’
Old French texte
Middle English text
English text
The story
From Middle English textewell, textueel, textuel, textuele, tixtuel (‘learned in texts, bookish’), possibly from Latin textuālis; also compare Middle French textuele; or perhaps a coinage by Chaucer from Latin textus and Middle English -el. English spelling conformed to Latin from late 15c.
Every English word from Middle English textewell
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to textuality.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English textewell / textual