writing

Old English

noun

Definitions

writing

Etymology

Suffix from Old English wrītan (write, engrave, incise, draw, scratch, bestow by writing, carve).

Origin

Old English

wrītan

Gloss

write, engrave, incise, draw, scratch, bestow by writing, carve

Concept

Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Action/Process

`Kanji`

書

Emoji

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*wrītaną Proto-Germanic
bewritan Old English
forewritan Old English
forwritan Old English
gewritan Old English
miswritan Old English
towritan Old English
underwritan Old English
writere Old English
wrītan Old English
writen Middle English