Where does “proscribe” come from?

Proscribe comes from Middle English proscriben, from Latin proscribo meaning to write publicly, derived from Latin scribo meaning to write.

proscribe (English): To forbid or prohibit; To denounce; To banish or...

Definitions

  1. To forbid or prohibit; To denounce; To banish or...

Ancestry of “proscribe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishproscriben—
2Latinprōscrībōto advertise, proclaim
3Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
4Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “proscribe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European por- →