scriptorius etymology

Latin word scriptorius comes from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-, Proto-Indo-European *skreybʰ-, and later Proto-Italic *skreiβō (To carve.)

Detailed word origin of scriptorius

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*skreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*skreiβō Proto-Italic (itc-pro) To carve.
scribendum Latin (lat)
scriptorius Latin (lat) Writing (attributive).

Words with the same origin as scriptorius

Descendants of *skreybʰ-
scribere scripta scriptum