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scribere
Latin · ancient
"to write"
to write
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scribillare
Medieval Latin · medieval
"to write carelessly"
to write carelessly, a diminutive form of scribere
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scribble
English · 1400s
"to write quickly and carelessly"
settled as the English word for writing quickly and carelessly
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