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Where does “scrittura” come from?

scrittura (Italian) comes from Latin scrīptūra, from Latin scrīptum, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

scrittura (Italian): writing, handwriting; contract; document

Definitions

  1. writing, handwriting; contract; document

Ancestry of “scrittura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscrīptūra—
2Latinscrīptum—
3Latinscrībō—
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “scrittura”

  • scrittura
  • videoscrittura
  • scritturare
  • scritturabile
  • scritturazione
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