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Where does “escrever” come from?

escrever (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin scrībere, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

escrever (Old Portuguese): to write

Definitions

  1. to write

Ancestry of “escrever”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscrībere—
2Latinscrībō—
3Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “escrever”

  • reescrever
  • escrever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →