English
Khitan large script
From Khitan + large + script, from a calque of Chinese 大字 (dàzì, “large script”), in reference to the script's comparatively large number of characters when contrasted with Khitan small script.
A compound of Khitan + large + script
Khitan 𘱿𘲫
English Khitan
Latin largus ‘abundant, plentiful, copious, large’
Latin larga
Old French large ‘generous’
Middle English large
English large
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
The story
From Khitan + large + script, from a calque of Chinese 大字 (dàzì, “large script”), in reference to the script's comparatively large number of characters when contrasted with Khitan small script.
Today it means
name A logographic script, used to write the Khitan language.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Khitan large script