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Where does “scrinium” come from?

scrinium (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

scrinium (Latin): case or chest for books or papers; portfolio,...

Definitions

  1. case or chest for books or papers; portfolio,...

Ancestry of “scrinium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “scrinium”

  • shrine
  • enshrine
  • enshrinement
  • Shriner
  • scrine
  • shrinelike
  • enshrinee
  • shrineless
  • unshrined
  • shrinal
  • enshriner
  • enshrineth
  • shrine-goer
  • shrinelet
  • shrinegoer
  • écrin
  • Reliquienschrein
  • Schrein
  • Schreinerei
  • Schreiner
  • reliekschrijn
  • schrijn
  • heiligenschrijn
  • skrzynia
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