Where does “conscript” come from?
Conscript comes from Latin conscriptus, the past participle of conscribere, formed from the prefix con- and scribere meaning "to write," literally denoting something written together or enrolled.
conscript (English): One who is compulsorily enrolled, often into a...
Definitions
- One who is compulsorily enrolled, often into a...
Ancestry of “conscript”, step by step
conscript traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English script
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | script | A writing; a written document; Written... |
| 2 | Middle English | scrit | writing; document; scroll |
| 3 | Old French | escrit | past participle of escrire; third-person singular... |
| 4 | Latin | scriptus | written, having been written |
| 5 | Latin | scribo | I write |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |
via Latin cōnscriptus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | cōnscriptus | enrolled, enlisted |
| 2 | Latin | cōnscrībō | to enroll or enlist, levy (write together in a list) |