Where does “manuskrip” come from?
manuskrip (Afrikaans) comes from English manuscript, from Latin manuscriptus, from Latin scriptus, from Latin scribo, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.
manuskrip (Afrikaans): manuscript
Definitions
- manuscript
Ancestry of “manuskrip”, step by step
manuskrip traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English manuscript
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | manuscript | handwritten, or by extension manually... |
| 2 | Latin | manuscriptus | manuscript, hand-written |
| 3 | Latin | scriptus | written, having been written |
| 4 | Latin | scribo | I write |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |
via Dutch manuscript
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | manuscript | A manuscript, written text or composition; A... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | manuscriptum | writing by hand; handwritten document; nominative... |
| 3 | Latin | manus | hand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | manus | hand |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | man- | human being; man; hand |