Where does “scriba” come from?

scriba (Latin) comes from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

scriba (Latin): writer, scribe, secretary, clerk

Definitions

  1. writer, scribe, secretary, clerk

Ancestry of “scriba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
2Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
3Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “scriba”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Proto-Italic -ā →