11 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
noun a room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Medieval Latin scrībō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Medieval Latin -tor Medieval Latin scrīptor Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Medieval Latin -ium ▲ Medieval Latin scrībō ▲ Medieval Latin -tor ▲ Medieval Latin…
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