Where does “tapescript” come from?

tapescript (English) comes from English script, from Middle English scrit, from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptus, from Latin scribo, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

tapescript (English): A transcript of a tape recording

Definitions

  1. A transcript of a tape recording

Ancestry of “tapescript”, step by step

tapescript traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English script

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscriptA writing; a written document; Written...
2Middle Englishscritwriting; document; scroll
3Old Frenchescritpast participle of escrire; third-person singular...
4Latinscriptuswritten, having been written
5LatinscriboI write
6Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

via English tape

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtapeFlexible material in a roll with a sticky surface...
2Middle EnglishtapeAlternative form of tappe; band, ribbon, tape
3Old Englishtæppatap, spigot; band, ribbon, tape
4Frankishtappō
5Proto-Germanictappôplug; tap
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂p-to sacrifice; to lose
7Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂-to share, divide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ-
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