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Where does “monoscriptal” come from?

monoscriptal (English) comes from English scriptal, 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.

monoscriptal (English): Relating to a single written script

Definitions

  1. Relating to a single written script

Ancestry of “monoscriptal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscriptalOf or relating to a written script used in...
2EnglishscriptA writing; a written document; Written...
3Middle Englishscritwriting; document; scroll
4Old Frenchescritpast participle of escrire; third-person singular...
5Latinscriptuswritten, having been written
6LatinscriboI write
7Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
8Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
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