Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “ascrien” come from?

ascrien (Middle English) comes from Old French escrier, from Old French es, from Old French en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “ascrien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchescrierto cry out; to shout out loud
2Old Frenchesin the
3Old Frenchenin; inside; on; upon; in
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “ascrien”

  • scry
  • scryer
  • scryen
  • scrien
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →