myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of describere

Etymology of the Latin word describere

the Latin word describere (describe, draw, mark)

using the Late Latin prefix de-

derived from the Latin word de (away; down)

derived from the Latin word scribere (write; compose)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *skribh-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *skrībh-

English describe, Italian descrivere, Portuguese descrever, Spanish describir