Where does “eskriba” come from?

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

eskriba (Tagalog): scribe

Definitions

  1. scribe

Ancestry of “eskriba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishescribascribe
2Latinscribawriter, scribe, secretary, clerk
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin scriba →
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