Etymology

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Today it means: A writing. Full definition →

Old French escrit ← Latin scrīptum
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  1. Latin · derived fromscrīptum
  2. Old French · derived fromescrit
  3. English todayescript

From Old French escrit, from Latin scrīptum, from scribō (“to write”).

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchescrit all →

script

Latinscrīptum all →

script

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.