English
pretextual
From pretext + -ual.
Formed from pretext + -ual
Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- ‘to create, produce’
Proto-Italic *teksō
Latin texō ‘to weave, knit’
Latin praetexō ‘to weave before, fringe or border, allege’
Latin praetextum ‘an ornament, etc., wrought in front, a pretense’
English pretext
Today it means
adj Having a false, contrived or assumed purpose; characterized by pretense.
Sources
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