Etymology

scripting

script·ing
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Today it means: The act by which something is scripted. Full definition →

English script ← Middle English scrit ← Old French escrit
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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. Englishscript
  10. English todayscripting

From script + -ing.

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