English
descript
Descript comes from Latin dēscrīptus ‘copied, transcribed’, from scrībō ‘to write’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kréybʰetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*skreiβō‘to carve’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscrībō‘to write’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēscrībō‘to copy off or transcribe something from the original, write down, write out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēscrīptus‘copied, transcribed’
- Englishtodaydescript
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kréybʰetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*skreiβō‘to carve’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscrībō‘to write’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēscrībō‘to copy off or transcribe something from the original, write down, write out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēscrīptus‘copied, transcribed’
- Englishtodaydescript
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *skreiβō ‘to carve’
transcription, shriver, transcribe, ascribe, inscribe, 29 more
through Latin scrībō ‘to write’
prescription, scripture, transcript, inscription, prescribe, scribe, conscription, scribble, scriptural, shrift, scrivener, conscript, 32 more
Today it means
adj —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti / descript