Etymology

inscription

in·scrip·tion
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Today it means: The act of inscribing. Full definition →

Latin īnscrīptiō ← Proto-Italic *skreiβō ← Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kreybʰ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kréybʰeti
  8. Proto-Italic*skreiβō
  9. Latinscrībō
  10. Latininscrībō
  11. Latinīnscrīptiō
  12. English todayinscription

Borrowed from Latin īnscrīptiō.

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