Etymology

scriptwriter

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Today it means: A person who writes scripts. Full definition →

English writer ← Middle English writer ← Old English wrītere
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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. Proto-Indo-European*wreyd-der.?
  11. Proto-Germanic*wrītaną
  12. Proto-West Germanic*wrītan
  13. Old Englishwrītan
  14. Old Englishwrītere
  15. Middle Englishwriter
  16. Englishwriter
  17. English todayscriptwriter

From script + writer.

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