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Where does “telescrivente” come from?

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

telescrivente (Italian): teleprinter; telex; news ticker

Definitions

  1. teleprinter; telex; news ticker

Ancestry of “telescrivente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianscriventepresent participle of scrivere; writer
2Italianscrivereto write, pen; to spell
3Latinscrībō—
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “telescrivente”

  • telescriventista
  • radiotelescrivente
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →