Where does “postscript” come from?
Postscript comes from New Latin postscriptum, from Latin postscriptus, past participle of postscribere meaning to write after, from post and scribere to write.
postscript (English): An addendum to a letter, added after the author's...
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- An addendum to a letter, added after the author's...
Ancestry of “postscript”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | postscriptum | accusative supine of postscrībō |
| 2 | Latin | postscriptus | written after |
| 3 | Latin | postscribo | I write after or under |
| 4 | Latin | scrībō | to write |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |