Where does “transcription” come from?

Transcription comes from Middle French transcription, meaning the action of transcribing or copying written text.

transcription (English): The act or process of transcribing; Something...

Definitions

  1. The act or process of transcribing; Something...

Ancestry of “transcription”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchtranscription
2Latintranscriptiōnem
3Latintrānscrībōto transfer in writing, copy off, transcribe
4Latinscrībōto write
5Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “transcription

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