English
exscript
Exscript comes from Latin exscriptus ‘copied’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexscriptus‘copied’
- Englishearliest quotation 1609exscript
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexscriptus‘copied’
- Englishearliest quotation 1609exscript
Earliest quotation: 1609, John Davies: “Ah, might it please Thy dread exuperance To write…”
Every English word from Latin exscriptus
Today it means
noun A copy; a transcript.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin exscriptus / exscript