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
- To write back; to write in reply; To write out...
Ancestry of “rescribe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | rescribere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | rescribo | to write back in reply |
| 3 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 4 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 5 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |