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
- To forbid or prohibit; To denounce; To banish or...
Ancestry of “proscribe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | proscriben | — |
| 2 | Latin | prōscrībō | — |
| 3 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “proscribe”