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Where does “scribens” come from?

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

scribens (Latin): writing

Definitions

  1. writing

Ancestry of “scribens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscrībō—
2Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “scribens”

  • skribent
  • skribent
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →