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Origin and history of textile

textile(n.)

"a woven fabric; material for weaving into fabric," 1620s, from Latin textilis "a web, canvas, woven fabric, cloth, something woven," noun use of textilis "woven, wrought," from texere "to weave" (from PIE root *teks- "to weave," also "to fabricate").

also from 1620s

textile(adj.)

"of or pertaining to weaving; capable of being woven," 1650s, from textile (n.) which itself is from a Latin noun use of the adjective textilis "woven." Other, rarer, adjectives in similar senses in English included textorial "of or pertaining to weaving" (1774), from Latin textorius, from textor "a weaver;" also textrine "of or pertaining to weaving" (1713).

also from 1650s

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textual(adj.)

late 14c., textuel "of, pertaining to, or contained in a text," also "well-read, learned in texts," perhaps coined in Middle English or perhaps from Old French textuel; ultimately from Latin textus (see text (n.)).

The English spelling was conformed to Latin from late 15c. Related: Textually. Another adjective coined to go with text and not textile (n.) was textuary "of or pertaining to texts," also "having authority or importance" (17c.). This also was used as a noun, "one versed in Scripture or other texts," and in 18c. "one who adheres strictly to the letter of a text." The classical Latin adjectives (textilis, etc.) refer to weaving or weavers. Related: Textualist; textualism.

*teks-

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to weave," also "to fabricate," especially with an ax, also "to make wicker or wattle fabric for (mud-covered) house walls."

It might form all or part of: architect; context; dachshund; polytechnic; pretext; subtle; technical; techno-; technology; tectonic; tete; text; textile; tiller (n.1) "bar to turn the rudder of a boat;" tissue; toil (n.2) "net, snare."

It might also be the source of: Sanskrit taksati "he fashions, constructs," taksan "carpenter;" Avestan taša "ax, hatchet," thwaxš- "be busy;" Old Persian taxš- "be active;" Latin texere "to weave, fabricate," tela "web, net, warp of a fabric;" Greek tekton "carpenter," tekhnē "art;" Old Church Slavonic tesla "ax, hatchet;" Lithuanian tašau, tašyti "to carve;" Old Irish tal "cooper's ax;" Old High German dahs, German Dachs "badger," literally "builder;" Hittite taksh- "to join, unite, build."