Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “rescribe” come from?

rescribe (English) comes from Latin rescribere, from Latin rescribo, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

rescribe (English): To write back; to write in reply; To write out...

Definitions

  1. To write back; to write in reply; To write out...

Ancestry of “rescribe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrescriberesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2Latinrescriboto write back in reply
3Latinrĕ-—
4Latinprōdūcō—
5Latinprō-—
6Proto-Italic*pro-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →