
I have now “written” more than enough about both scrib and script.

Have you ever needed a tran script from your school, or document “written” across to another to make a copy, to prove that you’ve taken a certain course?Īnd just what does the abbreviation “PS” mean after a signature on a letter? It stands for the Latin post scriptum, or “post script,” a further message which is “written” after the main body of the letter. If you need some medicine that is available by pre scription only, you must receive a “written” document beforehand from a physician to get it. These manu scripts “written” by scribes were often scriptures, or holy “writings.”ĭo you have a sub scription to a magazine? If so, you have “underwritten” it to provide money for its production.

Scribes often copied manu scripts, or documents once “written” by hand. Now let’s move on to the variant root script, which also means “write.” For instance, a script is simply a “written” text. A bored scribe might scribble or carelessly “write” meaningless marks on what he is “writing.” Imagine if a scribe were given a task which was inde scribable, or could not be “written” about at all! Now imagine once more if a scribe were asked to in scribe, or “write” letters on stone with only his usual pen! Perhaps a doctor would have to pre scribe pain killers, or “write” a note beforehand, to ease his aching fingers-it’s rough “writing” on stone! A scribe would often tran scribe documents, or make “written” copies of them. Let’s begin with the root scrib, which means “write.” A scribe used to be the primary “writer” of copies before the printing press was invented. I have now “written” more than enough about both scrib and script.The Latin root word scrib and its variant script both mean “write.” Today we have “written” a unique podcast script to permanently “write” these roots into your memory! Greek & Latin Roots 3 ©2015 erin cobb Unit 1 Lesson 1: Words & Definitions 7 Lesson 1: Activities 1-4 8-11 BONUS:Graph Coloring Pages 12.

Words that start with scribe, Words that end in scribe. Now let’s move on to the variant root script, which also means “write.” For instance, a script is simply a “written” text. Root Words, Prefixes, Suffixes Find the correct answer for each problem. The Latin root word scrib and its variant script both mean “write.” Today we have “written” a unique podcast script to permanently “write” these roots into your memory!
