Where does “scrībō” come from?
scrībō (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.
Ancestry of “scrībō”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |