Where does “scriba” come from?

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

Ancestry of “scriba”, step by step

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

Words derived from “scriba”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin scriba →