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Where does “escrit” come from?

escrit (Old French) comes from Latin scriptus, from Latin scribo, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

escrit (Old French): past participle of escrire; third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. past participle of escrire; third-person singular...

Ancestry of “escrit”, step by step

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

Words derived from “escrit”

  • script
  • JavaScript
  • scripting
  • ActionScript
  • subscript
  • typescript
  • scriptwriter
  • AppleScript
  • scriptwriting
  • subscripted
  • scriptable
  • scriptlet
  • scripter
  • scriptless
  • LiveScript
  • tapescript
  • unsubscripted
  • scriptability
  • scriptlike
  • scriptal
  • circumscript
  • multiscript
  • scripty
  • JavaScripting
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