Where does “scripture” come from?

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

scripture (Latin): vocative masculine singular of scrīptūrus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of scrīptūrus

Ancestry of “scripture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscripturusabout to write
2Latinscrībōto write
3Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scrībō →