Conscribe
/kənˈskraɪb/noun
To write or set down formally; also, to enroll or enlist.
Did you know?Its Latin ancestor *conscribere* could mean both ‘to write down’ and ‘to enlist,’ because in the ancient world, putting a name on a list could change your fate.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*skribh-
“to cut, carve, scratch”
Latin
Latin
scribere
“to write; originally, to scratch or incise”
Latin
Latin
conscribere
“to write together; to enroll, enlist; to compose in writing”
Middle English
English
conscribe
“to write down, register; to enlist”
Modern English
English
conscribe
“to write formally or enroll by list”