Where does “manuscriptum” come from?

manuscriptum (Medieval Latin) comes from Latin scriptus, from Latin scribo, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

manuscriptum (Medieval Latin): writing by hand; handwritten document; nominative...

Definitions

  1. writing by hand; handwritten document; nominative...

Ancestry of “manuscriptum”, step by step

manuscriptum traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin scriptus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscriptuswritten, having been written
2LatinscriboI write
3Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

via Latin manus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
2Proto-Italicmanushand
3Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand

via Latin manū

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmanū—

Words derived from “manuscriptum”

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