Word part · Latin root
The Latin root scrib
Means: write.
At a glance
- Part
- scrib
- Meaning
- write
- Layer
- Latin: Prefixes, suffixes and roots behind many school and book words.
- Also spelled
- scribe, script
Use scribe in action words and script before -ion and in nouns: describe, description, inscribe.
Example words
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Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- de (prefix)+scribe (root or base)→describe
tell or write what something is like
- de (prefix)+script (root or base)+ion (suffix)→description
words that tell what something is like
- sub (prefix)+scribe (root or base)→subscribe
sign up to get something regularly
- pre (prefix)+script (root or base)+ion (suffix)→prescription
a written order from a doctor for medicine
- in (prefix)+scribe (root or base)→inscribe
write or carve words into something
- in (prefix)+script (root or base)+ion (suffix)→inscription
words carved or written on something
- script (root or base)on its own is the word script
the written words of a play or film
- scribe (root or base)on its own is the word scribe
a person who copied writing by hand long ago
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Parts that share a lesson with scrib.
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