Where does “Scripture” come from?
Scripture derives from Latin scriptura, from Latin scribo meaning "to write," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ-.
Scripture (English): The religious text of a given religion
Definitions
- The religious text of a given religion
Ancestry of “Scripture”, step by step
Scripture traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin scrīptūra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | scrīptūra | a writing, something written |
| 2 | Latin | scrīptum | text; anything written, writing |
| 3 | Latin | scrībō | to write |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |
via Middle English scripture
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | scripture | — |
Words derived from “Scripture”
- Scriptural
- unscriptural
- scripturally
- scripturalist
- scripturalism
- antiscriptural
- nonscriptural
- scripturalness
- unscripturally
- Scripturist
- scriptureless
- Scripturian
- protoscripture
- scripturelike
- inscripturate
- enscripturate
- scripturism
- exscriptural
- contrascriptural
- enscripturation
- extrascriptural
- inscripturation
- scripturality
- scripturalize