SCRIPT = “write”

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

Level One

  • [dict] prescription [PRE] something a doctor has to write before the pharmacist can give medicine
  • [dict] script the written text of a play
  • [dict] scriptures the holy writings of a religion, especially the Old and New Testaments of the Bible

    Level Two

  • [dict] conscription [CON] a written order to join (with) the military
  • [dict] inscription [IN²] words written into something, such as book or a ring
  • [dict] manuscript [MANU] originally, the hand-written text of a work
  • [dict] postscript [POST] something written after
  • [dict] scriptorium a place for writing, especially copying the Scriptures in the Middle Ages
  • [dict] subscript [SUB] written below, such as the 2 in H₂O
  • [dict] superscript [SUPER] written above, such as the 2 in x²
  • [dict] transcription [TRANS] copying words from one medium "across to another

    Level Three

  • [dict] adscript [AD] written at the same level, such as an iota adscript in Ἅιδης (as opposed to an iota subscript in ᾅδης)
  • [dict] sola scriptura [SOL²] by Scripture alone, a rallying cry of the Reformation
  • quod scripsi scripsi — "What I have written, I have written." Pontius Pilate, John 19:22

    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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