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10 Oct 2026, 00:14 by bogdan “Link word forms in etymologies” current version
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  ==Etymology==
− It is [[inh|enm|scribe]],^(MED) [[bor|la|scrība|t=official writer, secretary, keeper of accounts]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) partly through [[fro|scribe]],^(AHD)^(MED) from ''scrībere'' “to write”.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) The Latin verb goes back to a root meaning “to cut, scratch, incise”, and is akin to Greek ''skariphasthai'' “to scratch an outline”.^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) In Church Latin ''scrība'' was used in the Vulgate to render Greek ''grammateús'', corresponding to Hebrew ''sōphēr'' “writer, scholar”.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)
+ It is [[inh|enm|scribe]],^(MED) [[bor|la|scrība|t=official writer, secretary, keeper of accounts]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) partly through [[fro|scribe]],^(AHD)^(MED) from [[m|la|scrībere]] “to write”.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) The Latin verb goes back to a root meaning “to cut, scratch, incise”, and is akin to Greek [[m|grc|σκαριφᾶσθαι|tr=skariphasthai]] “to scratch an outline”.^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) In Church Latin ''scrība'' was used in the Vulgate to render Greek [[m|grc|γραμματεύς|tr=grammateús]], corresponding to Hebrew [[m|hbo|סֹפֵר|tr=sōphēr]] “writer, scholar”.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)
  
  The carpentry verb, “to mark with a pointed tool” (1678), is of uncertain origin, probably a shortening of [[describe]].^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986)