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Where does “pretranscription” come from?

pretranscription (English) comes from English transcription, from Middle French transcription, from Latin transcriptiōnem, from Latin trānscrībō, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

pretranscription (English): Prior to transcription

Definitions

  1. Prior to transcription

Ancestry of “pretranscription”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtranscriptionThe act or process of transcribing; Something...
2Middle Frenchtranscription—
3Latintranscriptiōnem—
4Latintrānscrībō—
5Latinscrībō—
6Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →