scribo

Meaning

to write

Concepts

write

✍️

compose

create

to write

Synonyms

scrībō

Translations

escrever

✍️

schrijven

✍️

escribir

✍️

écrire

✍️

schreiben

✍️

scrivere

✍️

γράφω

escriure

✍️

yazmak

✍️

escriure

verfassen

✍️

texten

✍️

dichten

كتب

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈskriː.boː]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *skreiβō (with scrīptus for *scriptus after scrīpsī), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-. Cognates include Ancient Greek σκάριφος (skáriphos).
Compare typologically Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) < Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-; Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (“to scratch, to carve; to engrave, to inscribe, to write”) (whence English write); начерта́ние (načertánije), черти́ть (čertítʹ) << Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.