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scribere
Latin · ancient
"to write"
to write
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scriptura
Latin · ancient
"a writing, especially sacred writing"
a writing, especially sacred writing, from scribere
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escriture
Old French · medieval
"sacred written texts"
carried into French for sacred written texts
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scripture
English · 1300s
"sacred religious writings"
settled as the English word for sacred religious writings
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