Where does “prescrive” come from?

prescrive (French) comes from French prescrire, from Latin praescrībere.

prescrive (French): first-person singular present subjunctive of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of...

Ancestry of “prescrive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchprescrireto prescribe
2Latinpraescrībere
Every word from Latin praescrībereEvery word from French prescrire