Etymograph

English

tapescript

From tape + script.

A compound of tape + script

Old English tæppa ‘ribbon, tape’

Middle English tape

English tape

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti

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Latin scrībō ‘to write’

Latin scrīptum ‘something written’

Old French escrit ‘writing(s)’

Middle English scrit ‘writing; document’

English script

Today it means

noun A transcript of a tape recording.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tapescript”. 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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