Words that come from Latin “scribo”
400 words across 33 languages descend from Latin scribo — including description, describe, Scripture, script, inscription, prescription, transcription, subscription.
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English (195)
- description
- describe
- Scripture
- script
- inscription
- prescription
- transcription
- subscription
- prescribe
- transcript
- ascribe
- JavaScript
- indescribable
- scribe
- transcriptional
- conscription
- Scriptural
- postscript
- scripting
- nondescript
- ActionScript
- subscript
- inscribe
- typescript
- proscription
- scribble
- transcriptase
- indescribably
- superscription
- scribal
- circumscribe
- conscript
- Shriver
- shrift
- superscript
- proscribe
- unscriptural
- rescript
- prescriber
- describable
- scrivener
- transcriptome
- scribbler
- circumscription
- transcriptionally
- scriptwriter
- nonprescription
- scriptorium
- escritoire
- ascribable
- scripturally
- reinscribe
- redescription
- posttranscriptional
- reinscription
- descript
- inscriptional
- shrive
- describer
- AppleScript
- imprescriptible
- scriptwriting
- transcriptomics
- festschrift
- subscripted
- redescribe
- escribe
- transcriptomic
- misdescription
- scriber
- scriptable
- describee
- proscribable
- describeth
- oversubscription
- shriving
- scriptlet
- nonsubscription
- scripturalist
- scripter
- scripturalism
- prescribable
- posttranscriptionally
- overprescription
- scribbly
- inscriber
- postscriptum
- descrive
- antiscriptural
- nonscriptural
- scriptless
- misdescribe
- prescribeth
- mistranscription
- superscribe
- circumscribable
- indescribability
- scripturalness
- inscribable
- cotranscriptional
- anticonscription
- descriptional
- LiveScript
- scribable
- overprescribe
- uncircumscribable
- retranscription
- unscripturally
- describest
- ascribeth
- scribally
- tapescript
- unsubscripted
- screever
- proscriber
- unsubscription
- describability
- scriptability
- scriptlike
- scriptal
- scribblement
- scriptory
- Scripturist
- prescriptionist
- rescribe
- screeve
- transcriptosome
- scribism
- nondescriptly
- multiscript
- prescriptible
- scripty
- cotranscription
- descriptionally
- metadescription
- JavaScripting
- underprescription
- imprescriptibly
- uninscribable
- underprescribe
- circumscribeth
- nondescription
- misprescription
- circumscribest
- posttranscription
- shriver
- inscribest
- prescribest
- descriptionist
- rescriptive
- scriptureless
- describent
- inscribeth
- scribacious
- retrotranscription
- indescribableness
- inscriptionless
- nondescriptness
- misprescribe
- subscriptive
- nondescribable
- nonsubscripted
- exscript
- inscriptionally
- prescriptionless
- unprescribable
- scripton
- descriptionless
- misascribe
- Scripturian
- coscript
- circumscriptional
- microscript
- nondescriptional
- proscriptionist
- biscriptal
- JavaScripter
- resubscription
- bescribble
- circumscriber
- incircumscription
- inscriptionist
- proscriptional
- rescriptively
- transcribbler
- short shrift
- describableness
- undescribability
- JavaScripted
- metatranscriptomics
- nonscriptable
- retrotranscript
- metatranscriptome
- urbiscript
- nonscripturally
Italian (41)
- scrivere
- scrittore
- descrivere
- descrivibile
- indescrivibile
- scrittoio
- sottoscrizione
- scrittura
- prescrivere
- circoscrivere
- dattiloscrivere
- sottoscrivere
- trascrivere
- ascrivere
- scrivano
- sottoscrittore
- scriba
- scribacchiare
- scribacchino
- ascrivibile
- circoscrivibile
- telescrivente
- scrivente
- radiotelescrivente
- sovrascrivere
- telescriventista
- trascrittore
- videoscrittura
- indescrivibilmente
- circoscritto
- circoscrittibile
- imprescrittibile
- prescrittibile
- imprescrittibilità
- imprescrittibilmente
- prescrittibilità
- scrivibile
- prescrivibile
- sottoscrivibile
- scritturare
- scritturabile
Dutch (39)
- bij
- bijnaam
- schrijven
- dichtbij
- voorschrijven
- postscriptum
- inschrijven
- inschrijving
- bijspijkeren
- bijknippen
- bijwonen
- schrift
- bijstellen
- omschrijven
- bijvallen
- bijbehorend
- bijdragen
- toeschrijven
- bijdehand
- bijgeloof
- opschrijven
- bijkomend
- bijwerken
- voorinschrijving
- schriftteken
- bijenkorf
- honingbij
- proefschrift
- bijvoegen
- bijzetten
- omschrijving
- uitschrijven
- overschrijven
- bijhouden
- verschrijven
- bijtanken
- inscriptie
- bijbrengen
- bijvak