Where does “eskribyente” come from?

eskribyente (Tagalog) comes from Spanish escribiente, from Spanish escribir, from Old Spanish escrivir, from Vulgar Latin *scrībīre, from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

eskribyente (Tagalog): clerk

Definitions

  1. clerk

Ancestry of “eskribyente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishescribientescribe
2Spanishescribirto write; to spell; to correspond
3Old Spanishescrivir
4Vulgar Latin*scrībīre
5Latinscrībōto write
6Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ-