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scrib-, script- — Writing
scrib-, script- means writing. Latin source words and ideas terminology examples: manuscript.
Meaning and source words
Meaning: Writing
- Latin: scrībō
Examples and word parts
manuscript
A handwritten text, or a writer's draft before publication.
Word parts: manu- (hand) + script- (written), from scrībō (write).
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- lex- — Word
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- verb- — Word
verbal
- lingu- — Tongue or language
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- gloss/o — Tongue or language
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- phon/o — Voice or sound
phonetics
- graph/o — Writing or drawing
biography
- grammat- — Letter or written mark
grammar
Sources and usage
From the Word Radicals ideas terminology collection. Source words and word parts are learning references; modern meanings can differ from their classical sources.