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Where does “escriba” come from?

escriba (Spanish) comes from Latin scriba, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

escriba (Spanish): scribe

Definitions

  1. scribe

Ancestry of “escriba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscribawriter, scribe, secretary, clerk
2Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
3Proto-Italic-ā—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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