Where does “retroscritto” come from?

retroscritto (Italian) comes from Italian scritto, from Latin scriptus, from Latin scribo, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

retroscritto (Italian): written on the back of a page / sheet

Definitions

  1. written on the back of a page / sheet

Ancestry of “retroscritto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianscrittopast participle of scrivere; written; a letter
2Latinscriptuswritten, having been written
3LatinscriboI write
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scribo →
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