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Where does “luathscríobhaí” come from?

luathscríobhaí (Irish) comes from Irish scríobhaí, from Irish scríobh, from Old Irish scríbaid, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

luathscríobhaí (Irish): shorthand writer, stenographer

Definitions

  1. shorthand writer, stenographer

Ancestry of “luathscríobhaí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishscríobhaíscribe, amanuensis
2Irishscríobhwrite; fill in, fill out; compose
3Old Irishscríbaidto write, write down; to write, compose
4Latinscrībō—
5Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →