Where does “*scrībīre” come from?

*scrībīre (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin scrībō, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.

Ancestry of “*scrībīre”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	scrībō	—
2	Proto-Italic	skreiβō	to carve
3	Proto-Indo-European	skreybʰ-	to write

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