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Where does “exscript” come from?

exscript (English) comes from Latin exscriptus, from Latin exscribo, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

exscript (English): A copy; a transcript

Definitions

  1. A copy; a transcript

Ancestry of “exscript”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexscriptuscopied
2LatinexscriboI write out or off, copy; I write or note down; I...
3Latinscrībō—
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →