Etymology

subscript

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Today it means: A type of lettering form written lower than the things around it. Full definition →

English script ← Middle English scrit ← Old French escrit
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kreybʰ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kréybʰeti
  9. Proto-Italic*skreiβō
  10. Latinscrībō
  11. Latinscrīptum
  12. Old Frenchescrit
  13. Middle Englishscrit
  14. Englishscript
  15. English todaysubscript

From sub- + script.

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