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Ascriptitious comes from Latin āscrībō ‘to state in writing, to add in writing’, from scrībō ‘to write’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti.

1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kréybʰeti¹reconstructed
2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*skreiβō¹‘to carve’reconstructed
3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscrībō¹‘to write’
4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEāscrībō²as ascribere‘to state in writing, to add in writing’
5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEascriptitius²
6. Englishearliest quotation 1663ascriptitious²

1. ¹ Wiktionary, Latin ascribo
2. ² Wiktionary, English ascriptitious
3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1663, Anthony Farindon: “an ascriptitious and supernumerary God”.