Etymology

scrine

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Today it means: A chest or other box for storing valuables. Full definition →

Old French escrin ← Latin scrīnium
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromscrīnium
  2. Old French · derived fromescrin
  3. English todayscrine

From Old French escrin (French écrin), from Latin scrīnium. Doublet of shrine.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchescrin all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.