SCRIB = “write”

Latin scrībo, scrībĕre, scripsi, scriptum
see also [SCRIPT]

Level One

  • [dict] inscribe [IN2]
  • [dict] prescribe [PRE]
  • [dict] scribal [']
  • [dict] scribble [']
  • [dict] scribe [']

    Level Two

  • [dict] ascribe [AD]
  • [dict] circumscribe [CIRCUM]
  • [dict] describe [DE]
  • [dict] proscribe [PRO]
  • [dict] subscribe [SUB]
  • [dict] transcribe [TRANS]

    Level Three

  • [dict] scrivener [']

    Derivatives in Latinate Languages

  • es: escribir Spanish often adds an e before consonant blends with s; cf. espíritu
  • fr: écrire French often adds an e before consonant blends with s and loses the s; cf. école
  • it: scrivere
  • pt: escrever

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