Subscribe
/səbˈskraɪb/noun
To sign up for, support, or agree to receive something regularly.
Did you know?In Latin, subscribere could mean to endorse a document, but also to secretly support or assent—so the word always carried the energy of hidden agreement and written power.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*skreib-
“to cut, scratch, write”
Latin
Latin
subscribere
“to write underneath; to sign one's name; to endorse”
Old French
Old French
subscribe
“to sign one's name to a document; to assent”
Late Middle English
English
subscriben
“to write beneath; to sign or assent to”
Modern English
English
subscribe
“to sign up for, commit to, or receive a publication or service regularly”