describe

The story

1. Latin · derived fromdēscrībō“to copy off, transcribe, sketch off, describe in painting or writing”
2. Old French · derived fromdescrivre
3. Middle English · derived fromdescriven
4. English todaydescribe

From Middle English descriven, from Old French descrivre, from Latin dēscrībō (“to copy off, transcribe, sketch off, describe in painting or writing”), from dē (“off”) + scrībō (“write”); see scribe and shrive. Displaced native Old English āmearcian.

Words from the same roots