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Where does “écrivable” come from?

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

écrivable (French): Writable

Definitions

  1. Writable

Ancestry of “écrivable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchécrireto write
2Middle Frenchescrireto write
3Old Frenchescrirealternative infinitive of escrivre
4Latinscrībō—
5Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “écrivable”

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