Where does “scriptură” come from?

scriptură (Romanian) comes from Latin scrīptūra, from Latin scrīptum, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

scriptură (Romanian): writing; scripture; the Scriptures

Definitions

  1. writing; scripture; the Scriptures

Ancestry of “scriptură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscrīptūraa writing, something written
2Latinscrīptumtext; anything written, writing
3Latinscrībōto write
4Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write

Words derived from “scriptură

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ-Every word from Proto-Italic skreiβōEvery word from Latin scrībō
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