Where does “sovrascrivere” come from?

sovrascrivere (Italian) comes from Italian scrivere, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

sovrascrivere (Italian): to overwrite

Definitions

  1. to overwrite

Ancestry of “sovrascrivere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianscrivereto write, pen; to spell
2Latinscrībōto write
3Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scrībō →