Where does “transcript” come from?
Transcript comes from Latin transcriptum, the past participle of transcribere, meaning to write across or copy out.
transcript (English): Something which has been transcribed; a writing...
Definitions
- Something which has been transcribed; a writing...
Ancestry of “transcript”, step by step
transcript traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin transcriptus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | transcriptus | transcribed |
| 2 | Latin | trānscrībō | to transfer in writing, copy off, transcribe |
| 3 | Latin | scrībō | to write |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |
via Latin transcriptum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | transcriptum | nominative neuter singular of trānscrīptus;... |
| 2 | Latin | transcribere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
Words derived from “transcript”
- transcriptase
- transcriptome
- transcriptomics
- transcriptomic
- transcriptosome
- retrotranscript
- multitranscript
- metatranscript
- mistranscript
- selenotranscript
- transkrip
- metatranscriptomics
- metatranscriptome
- sialotranscriptome
- retrotranscriptase
- epitranscriptome
- epitranscriptomics
- genotranscriptome
- holotranscriptome
- macrotranscriptomics
- microtranscriptome
- phylotranscriptome
- retrotranscriptome
- selenotranscriptome