scriptorium.
A room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts and records, especially such a room in a monastery.
Meaning & usage
A room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts and records, especially such a room in a monastery.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin scrīptor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium ▲ Latin scrībō ▲ Latin -tor ▲ Latin -ius Latin -tōrius Latin -tōrium Medieval Latin scrīptōriumbor. English scriptorium Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin scrīptōrium, from Latin scrīptōrius (“pertaining to writing”). Doublet of escritoire.
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