Etymology

scriptorium

scrip·to·ri·um
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Today it means: A room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts and records, especially such a room in a monastery. Full definition →

Medieval Latin scrīptōrium ← Latin scrībō ← Proto-Italic *skreiβō
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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. Latinscrīptor
  7. Latinscrībō
  8. Medieval Latinscrīptōrium
  9. English todayscriptorium

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin scrīptōrium, from Latin scrīptōrius (“pertaining to writing”). Doublet of escritoire.

Words from the same roots

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