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Where does “escribe” come from?

escribe (English) comes from Latin scrībere, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

escribe (English): To draw outside of; used to designate a circle...

Definitions

  1. To draw outside of; used to designate a circle...

Ancestry of “escribe”, step by step

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