Etymology

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Today it means: To write upon something; inscribe; imprint. Full definition →

Middle English inwriten ← Old English *inwrītan
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  1. Old English · inherited from*inwrītan“to inscribe”
  2. Middle English · inherited frominwriten“to inscribe”
  3. English todayenwrite

From Middle English inwriten (“to inscribe”), from Old English *inwrītan (“to inscribe”), suggested by Old English inwrītere (“writer, secretary”) and Old English inwritting (“inscription”), equivalent to en- (“in”) + write.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.