'Textile' is Latin for 'woven' — from 'texere' (to weave). The root of 'text,' 'texture,' and 'architect.'
A type of cloth or woven fabric; of or relating to weaving or woven fabrics.
From Latin 'textilis' (woven, wrought, textile), from 'textus' (a weaving, a texture, a web), past participle of 'texere' (to weave, to construct, to compose), from PIE *teks- (to weave, to fabricate, to make). The same root produced 'text' (a woven fabric of words), 'texture' (the feel of a woven surface), 'context' (woven together), 'pretext' (woven in front, a disguise), and 'architect' (a master weaver of structures). Writing and weaving share a root because both are acts
The word 'text' is literally a textile metaphor — a text is a woven fabric of words, with individual threads (sentences, arguments) interlaced to form a coherent whole. And 'subtle' comes from Latin 'subtilis' (finely woven, sub- + tela, 'under the web'), meaning something so finely woven that it is nearly invisible. A subtle argument is one made of such