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Where does “escribano” come from?

escribano (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish escriván, from Vulgar Latin scribanem, from Latin scriba, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

escribano (Spanish): scrivener; court clerk, notary; bunting

Definitions

  1. scrivener; court clerk, notary; bunting

Ancestry of “escribano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishescriván—
2Vulgar Latinscribanem—
3Latinscribawriter, scribe, secretary, clerk
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-ā—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “escribano”

  • escribano
  • escribanil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →