Where does “ms.” come from?

ms. (French) comes from French manuscrit, from Medieval Latin manuscriptum, from Latin scriptus, from Latin scribo, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

ms. (French): ms

Definitions

  1. ms

Ancestry of “ms.”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmanuscritmanuscript
2Medieval Latinmanuscriptumwriting by hand; handwritten document; nominative...
3Latinscriptuswritten, having been written
4LatinscriboI write
5Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scribo →