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2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to write or engrave words onto a surface, such as stone or a book
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Stage 1 of 2
inscribere
Latin · ancient
"to write into, to engrave"
to write into, to engrave, from in- (into) and scribere (to write)
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Stage 2 of 2
inscribe
English · 1550s
"to write or engrave something onto a surface"
settled as the English word for writing or engraving something onto a surface
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