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Where does “scrīptūra” come from?

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

Ancestry of “scrīptūra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscrīptum—
2Latinscrībō—
3Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →