English
scrivan
Scrivan comes from Italian scrivano ‘scribe’, from Latin 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 CE*scrība‘writer, scribe’reconstructed
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*scrībānemreconstructed
- Italianc. 1300–presentscrivano‘scribe’
- Englishearliest quotation 1822scrivan
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 CE*scrība‘writer, scribe’reconstructed
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*scrībānemreconstructed
- Italianc. 1300–presentscrivano‘scribe’
- Englishearliest quotation 1822scrivan
Earliest quotation: 1822, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Temples: “They told me their husbands were scrivans to the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti
through Proto-Italic *skreiβō ‘to carve’
prescription, scripture, inscription, transcript, conscription, scriptural, shriver, nondescript, ascribe, transcribe, conscript, inscribe, descript, 27 more
through Latin scrībō ‘to write’
description, script, prescribe, scribe, scribble, shrift, 38 more
Today it means
noun A clerk or writer.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti / scrivan