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2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to attribute something to a particular cause, source, or origin
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Stage 1 of 2
ascribere
Latin · ancient
"to attribute, to write to"
to write to, to attribute, from ad- (to) and scribere (to write)
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Stage 2 of 2
ascribe
English · 1400s
"to attribute something to a particular cause or source"
settled as the English word for attributing something to a cause or source
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