"text" in seven languages
Meaningtext
Spanish
texto
/ˈteksto/
masc.learned
French
texte
/tɛkst/
masc.learned
Italian
testo
/ˈtɛsto/
masc.learned
Italian has no x, so xt is written st.
Portuguese
texto
/ˈtestu/
masc.learned
Romanian
text
/tekst/
neut.borrowed · French texte
Catalan
text
/tɛkst/
masc.learned
English
text
/tɛkst/
from Latin/French · Old French texte, from Latin TEXTUS
English → ItaliantexttestoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
TEXTUM‘something woven (TEXERE 'to weave')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A text is a weave of words: the same Latin verb gives textile and texture.
English relatives: textile, texture, context, pretext
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In a sentence
- esLee el texto y contesta las preguntas.
- frLisez le texte et répondez aux questions.
- itLeggi il testo e rispondi alle domande.
- ptLeia o texto e responda às perguntas.
- roCitește textul și răspunde la întrebări.
- caLlegeix el text i respon les preguntes.
- enRead the text and answer the questions.
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