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Where does “postscriptum” come from?

postscriptum (New Latin) comes from Latin postscriptus, from Latin postscribo, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

postscriptum (New Latin): accusative supine of postscrībō

Definitions

  1. accusative supine of postscrībō

Ancestry of “postscriptum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpostscriptuswritten after
2LatinpostscriboI write after or under
3Latinscrībō—
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “postscriptum”

  • postscript
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →