Where does “écrire” come from?

écrire (French) comes from Middle French escrire, from Old French escrire, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

écrire (French): to write

Definitions

  1. to write

Ancestry of “écrire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchescrireto write
2Old Frenchescrirealternative infinitive of escrivre
3Latinscrībōto write
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “écrire”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scrībō →