English
scripturelike
Scripturelike comes from Latin scrīptūra ‘a writing, something written’, 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 CEscrīptūra‘a writing, something written’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500scripture
- English1500–presentsame form
- Englishearliest quotation 1997scripturelike
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 CEscrībō‘to write’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEscrīptūra‘a writing, something written’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500scripture
- English1500–presentsame form
- Englishearliest quotation 1997scripturelike
Earliest quotation: 1997, David S. Reynolds, Debra J. Rosenthal: “As an antiliquor tract, temperance literature was meant, scripturelike,…”
A compound of *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’ + *(s)kreybʰ- ‘to scratch, to tear’
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- ‘to scratch, to tear’
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *skreiβō ‘to carve’
transcription, shriver, ascribe, transcribe, inscribe, 28 more
through Latin scrībō ‘to write’
description, prescription, transcript, inscription, prescribe, scribe, conscription, scribble, nondescript, shrift, scrivener, conscript, descript, 31 more
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of scripture.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti / scripturelike