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text- — Weaving or connected words

text- means weaving or connected words. Latin source words and ideas terminology examples: text.

Meaning and source words

Meaning: Weaving or connected words

• Latin: textus

Examples and word parts

text

A connected body of words that can be read or studied.

Word parts: textus meant weaving or a woven structure, from texō (weave); the word came to describe connected writing.

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