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)

Italian (41)

Dutch (39)

Latin (25)

French (16)

Swedish (15)

Esperanto (13)

Danish (6)

Manx (6)

Middle French (5)

Icelandic (5)

Catalan (4)

Faroese (3)

Aromanian (3)

Yiddish (3)

Old Frisian (2)

Hungarian (2)

Asturian (2)

West Frisian (1)

Low German (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Ido (1)

Old Irish (1)

Irish (1)

Friulian (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Russian (1)

Czech (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Sicilian (1)

Estonian (1)

Words from Latin scribo — 400 descendants | Etymology Explorer