Where does “script” come from?

Script comes from Latin scriptum, the neuter past participle of scribere, meaning "to write," which derives from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ-, a root meaning "to cut" or "to scratch."

script (English): A writing; a written document; Written...

Definitions

  1. A writing; a written document; Written...

Ancestry of “script”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishscritwriting; document; scroll
2Old Frenchescritpast participle of escrire; third-person singular...
3Latinscriptuswritten, having been written
4LatinscriboI write
5Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “script”

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