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noun
A primitive, seminal, or prototypical example of an artistic genre or the basis of an ideological movement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The original version of a piece of music or text, often as created by the composer or writer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anthropology, entertainment, human-sciences, lifestyle, linguistics, music, sciences
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Synonyms: original, manuscript
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History
Etymology tree English ur- Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-seti Proto-Indo-European *téḱseti Proto-Italic *teksō? Latin texō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus New Latin textusbor. Old French textebor. Middle English text English text English urtext From ur- + text.
Across languages
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