Where does “ekrir” come from?

ekrir (Mauritian Creole) comes from French écrire, from Middle French escrire, from Old French escrire, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

ekrir (Mauritian Creole): to write

Definitions

  1. to write

Ancestry of “ekrir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchécrireto write
2Middle Frenchescrireto write
3Old Frenchescrirealternative infinitive of escrivre
4Latinscrībōto write
5Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ-Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβōEvery word from Latin scrībō