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Where does “escribir” come from?

escribir (Asturian) comes from Vulgar Latin *scrībīre, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

escribir (Asturian): to write

Definitions

  1. to write

Ancestry of “escribir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*scrībīre—
2Latinscrībō—
3Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →