Etymograph

English

adscript

Adscript comes from Latin adscrībō ‘to enroll’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadscrībōas adscribere, past participle‘to enroll’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadscriptus
  3. Englishtodayadscript

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadscrībōas adscribere, past participle‘to enroll’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadscriptus
  3. Englishtodayadscript

Today it means

noun A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin adscrībō / adscript