Etymograph

English

scribeship

From scribe + -ship.

Formed from scribe + -ship

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

Old French scribe

Middle English scribe

English scribe

Today it means

noun The state or business of a scribe.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “scribeship”. 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.

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