Where does “scrīptum” come from?

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

scrīptum (Latin): text; anything written, writing

Definitions

  1. text; anything written, writing

Ancestry of “scrīptum”, step by step

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

Words derived from “scrīptum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scrībō →