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Words frozen in place, holding their shape long after the voice that spoke them.
means Written or printed words considered as content, or the act of sending such words by phone.
from From Latin textus, meaning a thing woven — the same root as textile, since writers literally wove words into fabric.
Weaving rootsSame Latin source as textile and texture.
Verb ageTexting became a verb only around 1998.
Sacred senseOriginally meant scripture, the authoritative woven word.