Latin
dēscrībō
‘to copy off, transcribe, sketch off, describe in painting or writing’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin dēscrībō.
6 English words in this record descend from Latin dēscrībō, most familiar first.
- description ← descripcioun ← dēscrīptiō
- describe ← descriven ← descrivre
- nondescript ← dēscrīptus
- descript ← dēscrīptus
- descrive ← descrivre
- describent ← dēscrībēns
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Etymograph / Latin dēscrībō