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Where does “écrit” come from?

écrit (French) comes from Middle French escrit, from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptus, from Latin scribo, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

écrit (French): past participle of écrire; third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. past participle of écrire; third-person singular...

Ancestry of “écrit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchescritpast participle of escrire; third-person singular...
2Old Frenchescritpast participle of escrire; third-person singular...
3Latinscriptuswritten, having been written
4LatinscriboI write
5Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “écrit”

  • écriteau
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →