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

transcript traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin transcriptus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintranscriptustranscribed
2Latintrānscrībōto transfer in writing, copy off, transcribe
3Latinscrībōto write
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

via Latin transcriptum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintranscriptumnominative neuter singular of trānscrīptus;...
2Latintranscriberesecond-person singular future passive indicative...

Words derived from “transcript

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ-Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβōEvery word from Latin scrībō