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

Etymograph / Latin scrībō