Etymograph

English

scriber

From scribe + -er.

Formed from scribe + -er

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- ‘to scratch, to tear’

Old French scribe

Middle English scribe

English scribe

Today it means

noun A sharp-pointed tool, used by joiners for drawing lines; a marking awl.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “scriber”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / scriber