Etymology

script

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Today it means: A writing; a written document. Full definition →

Middle English scrit ← Old French escrit ← Latin scrīptum
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kreybʰ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kréybʰeti
  4. Proto-Italic*skreiβō
  5. Latinscrībō
  6. Latinscrīptum
  7. Old Frenchescrit
  8. Middle Englishscrit
  9. English todayscript

From Middle English scrit, borrowed from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō (“write”).

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchescrit all →

escript

Latinscriptum all →

escript

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