scrivener

The story

1. Latin · derived fromscriba
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*scriba, *scribanem
3. Old French · derived fromescrivain
4. Anglo-Norman · derived fromscrivein“professional penman, copyist”
5. Middle English · inherited fromscryvener
6. English todayscrivener

From Middle English scryvener, alteration of scryveyn, from Anglo-Norman scrivein (“professional penman, copyist”), from Old French escrivain, from Vulgar Latin *scriba, *scribanem, from Latin scriba, from scrībō (“to write”).

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