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Where does “afterscript” come from?

afterscript (English) comes from English script, from Middle English scrit, from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptus, from Latin scribo, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

afterscript (English): A postscript

Definitions

  1. A postscript

Ancestry of “afterscript”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscriptA writing; a written document; Written...
2Middle Englishscritwriting; document; scroll
3Old Frenchescritpast participle of escrire; third-person singular...
4Latinscriptuswritten, having been written
5LatinscriboI write
6Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
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