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Where does “scriblen” come from?

scriblen (Middle English) comes from Latin scribillo, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

Ancestry of “scriblen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinscribilloI scribble or write of trivial matters
2Latinscrībō—
3Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “scriblen”

  • scribble
  • scribbler
  • scribbly
  • scribblement
  • scribbliness
  • scribblemania
  • scribblest
  • scribblesome
  • scribbleth
  • bescribble
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