Proto-Indo-European

*(s)kreybʰ-

‘to scratch, to tear’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-, most familiar first.

• prescribe ← praescrībere ← scrībō ← *skreiβō ← *(s)kréybʰeti
• scribe
• scribble ← scriblen ← scrīben ← scrībillō ← cōnscrībō
• shrift ← sċrift ← sċrīfan ← *skrībaną ← scrībō
• inscribe ← īnscrībō ← scrībō ← *skreiβō ← *(s)kréybʰeti
• scarify ← scarifier ← scarifier ← scarificāre ← scarifāre
• shrive ← schryven ← sċrīfan ← *skrīban ← *skrībaną

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-