Where does “screeve” come from?

screeve (English) comes from Irish scríobh, from Old Irish scríbaid, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

screeve (English): To write; To draw with chalks on a pavement or...

Definitions

  1. To write; To draw with chalks on a pavement or...

Ancestry of “screeve”, step by step

screeve traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish scríobh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishscríobhwrite; fill in, fill out; compose
2Old Irishscríbaidto write, write down; to write, compose
3Latinscrībōto write
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

via Georgian მწკრივი

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Georgianმწკრივიrow; screeve; series
2Georgian-ივი—

Words derived from “screeve”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scrībō →