Latin
scrībō
‘to write’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin scrībō.
45 English words in this record descend from Latin scrībō, most familiar first.
- description ← descripcioun ← dēscrīptiō ← dēscrībō
- script ← scrit ← escrit ← scrīptum
- prescription ← prescripcion ← praescriptio
- scripture ← scrīptūra
- transcript ← transcriptum ← trānscrībō
- inscription ← īnscrīptiō ← inscrībō
- transcription ← transcriptiōnem ← trānscrībō
- prescribe ← praescrībere
- scribe ← scryben
- conscription ← cōnscriptiō ← cōnscrībō
- scriptural ← scripture ← scripture ← scrīptūra
- ascribe ← ascriben ← ascrivre ← ascribo
More words from scrībō
- scribble
- transcribe
- nondescript
- conscript
- scrivener
- shrift
- inscribe
- descript
- proscription
- proscribe
- scriptorium
- escribano
- shrive
- scriptor
- escritoire
- ascriptitious
- conscribe
- descrive
- describent
- escript
- postscriptum
- postscribe
- rescribe
- screeve
- scribacious
- scrivano
- scripsit
- scriptory
- scriptureless
- scripturelike
- scrivan
- scriptorian
- scribaceous
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Etymograph / Latin scrībō