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Where does “skreiβō” come from?

skreiβō (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

skreiβō (Proto-Italic): to carve

Definitions

  1. to carve

Ancestry of “skreiβō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “skreiβō”

  • description
  • describe
  • Scripture
  • manuscript
  • script
  • inscription
  • prescription
  • ms
  • scripture
  • subscription
  • prescribe
  • subscribe
  • scriptural
  • ascribe
  • JavaScript
  • indescribable
  • scribe
  • prescriptive
  • subscriber
  • conscription
  • postscript
  • scripting
  • ActionScript
  • transcribe
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