Where does “écrire” come from?

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

écrire (Norman): to write

Definitions

  1. to write

Ancestry of “écrire”, step by step

écrire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French escrire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchescrirealternative infinitive of escrivre
2Latinscrībōto write
3Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

via Old French escrivre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchescrivreto write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβō →Every word from Latin scrībō →