English
escript
Escript comes from Old French escrit ‘writing(s)’, from Latin scribō ‘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 CEscribō‘to write’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEscrīptum
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400escrit‘writing(s)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1602escript
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kréybʰetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*skreiβō‘to carve’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscribō‘to write’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEscrīptum
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400escrit‘writing(s)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1602escript
Earliest quotation: 1602, unknown author, May 1: “the true copies of all other deeds, evidences, charters,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *skreiβō ‘to carve’
transcription, shriver, transcribe, ascribe, inscribe, 28 more
through Latin scribō ‘to write’
description, prescription, scripture, transcript, inscription, prescribe, scribe, conscription, scribble, scriptural, shrift, scrivener, conscript, 31 more
Today it means
noun A writing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti / escript