postscript
/ˈpəʊˌskɹɪpt/POH-skript
/ˈpoʊˌskɹɪpt/POH-skript
Meaningwritten after
Common meaning: an extra note added after a letter's signature
- postafter, later
- scriptto write; to mark with linesLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1647 · scan
‘after, later’ + ‘to write’ → postscript
Journey through time
- Latinpostscriptum‘written after’source
- Englishpostscript‘an extra note added after a letter's signature’ · 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.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Built on Latin scrībō ‘to write’.
Roots
- scrībō, scrīpsī, scrīptum Latin “to write; to mark with lines”
Related words
ascribeconscriptdescribabledescribeinscribeinscriptionmanuscriptprescriberescriptscribescriptscripture
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