Etymology

proscribe

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Today it means: To forbid or prohibit. Full definition →

Middle English proscriben ← Latin prōscrībō ← Proto-Italic *skreiβō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  5. Proto-Italic*pro-
  6. Latinprō-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kreybʰ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kréybʰeti
  10. Proto-Italic*skreiβō
  11. Latinscrībō
  12. Latinprōscrībō
  13. Middle Englishproscriben
  14. English todayproscribe

From Middle English proscriben, from Latin prōscrībō (“to proclaim, forbid, banish”).

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