Where does “portmanuscris” come from?

portmanuscris (Romanian) comes from Romanian manuscris, from Latin manuscriptus, from Latin scriptus, from Latin scribo, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

portmanuscris (Romanian): manuscript holder

Definitions

  1. manuscript holder

Ancestry of “portmanuscris”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmanuscrismanuscript
2Latinmanuscriptusmanuscript, hand-written
3Latinscriptuswritten, having been written
4LatinscriboI write
5Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- →
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