ascribe
/əˈskɹaɪb/uh-SKRYB
/əˈskɹaɪb/uh-SKRYB
Meaningto write down to
Common meaning: to credit something to a cause or a person
- ato, towards (form of ad-)
- scribto write; to mark with linesLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1647 · scan
‘to, towards (form of ad-)’ + ‘to write’ → ascribe
Journey through time
- Latinascribere‘to write to someone’s account’source
- Englishascribe‘to credit something to a cause or a person’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin scrībō ‘to write’.
Roots
- scrībō, scrīpsī, scrīptum Latin “to write; to mark with lines”
Related words
conscriptdescribabledescribeinscribeinscriptionmanuscriptpostscriptprescriberescriptscribescriptscripture
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