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Where does “scribacious” come from?

scribacious (English) comes from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

scribacious (English): prone to excessive writing

Definitions

  1. prone to excessive writing

Ancestry of “scribacious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscrībō—
2Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “scribacious”

  • scribaciousness
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