Etymology

scripturelike

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Today it means: Resembling or characteristic of scripture. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English scripture
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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. Latinscrīptūra
  7. Middle Englishscripture
  8. Englishscripture
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  10. Proto-Germanic*līką
  11. English todayscripturelike

From scripture + -like.

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