Where does “manuscript” come from?
manuscript (Dutch) comes from Medieval Latin manuscriptum, from Latin scriptus, from Latin scribo, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.
manuscript (Dutch): A manuscript, written text or composition; A...
Definitions
- A manuscript, written text or composition; A...
Ancestry of “manuscript”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Medieval Latin | manuscriptum | writing by hand; handwritten document; nominative... |
| 2 | Latin | scriptus | written, having been written |
| 3 | Latin | scribo | I write |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |
Words derived from “manuscript”