English
inscriptionist
From inscription + -ist.
Formed from inscription + -ist
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti
Proto-Italic *skreiβō ‘to carve’
Latin scrībō ‘to write’
Latin inscrībō ‘to write in or upon something, inscribe’
Latin īnscrīptiō ‘inscription, title’
English inscription
Today it means
noun One who inscribes; a writer of inscriptions.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / inscriptionist