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scribo

Pronunciation: [ˈskriː.boː]

“scribo” is a Latin word. Its meaning in English:

verb

  1. to write

In Latin

  1. in superficiem alicuius rei scalpere.
  2. Verba in opus litterarium componere.

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *skreiβō (with scrīptus for *scriptus after scrīpsī), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- (“to scratch”). Cognates include Ancient Greek σκάριφος (skáriphos); Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk skrive, skrifte; English scribe, shrive; German schreiben. Compare typologically Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) < Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-; Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (“to…

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