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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

  1. Something which has been transcribed; a writing...

Ancestry of “transcript”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintranscriptustranscribed
2Latintrānscrībō—
3Latinscrībō—
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “transcript”

  • transcriptase
  • transcriptome
  • transcriptomics
  • transcriptomic
  • transcriptosome
  • metatranscriptomics
  • retrotranscriptase
  • multitranscript
  • retrotranscript
  • sialotranscriptome
  • metatranscriptome
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