writ
English
/ɹɪt/
noun
Definitions
- (legal) A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
- Authority, power to enforce compliance.
- (archaic) That which is written; writing.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English writ inherited from Old English writ (writing, scripture, writ, deed, letter, document, charter, treatise, book) inherited from Proto-Germanic *writą (writing, fissure) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- (rip, tear).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wrey-
Gloss
rip, tear
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
泪, 涙
Emoji
🤣 💧 😂 😢 😭 😹 😿 🥲
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- braillewriter English
- checkwriter English
- chequewriter English
- copywriter English
- cowriter English
- cyberwriter English
- fanwriter English
- gagwriter English
- ghostwriter English
- hand English
- handwrit English
- hymnwriter English
- hyperwriter English
- microwriter English
- newswriter English
- nonwriter English
- playwriter English
- psalmwriter English
- room English
- scorewriter English
- screenwriter English
- scriptwriter English
- signwriter English
- sketchwriter English
- skywriter English
- songwriter English
- speechwriter English
- sportswriter English
- telewriter English
- typewriter English
- unwrit English
- writ-room English
- write English
- writer English
- writercraft English
- writerdom English
- writeress English
- writerish English
- writerless English
- writerly English
- writership English
- writless English
- writress English
- *wrey- Proto-Indo-European
- *writą Proto-Germanic
- *wrītaną Proto-Germanic
- gewrit Old English
- writ Old English
- hande-writt Middle English
- writ Middle English
- writer Middle English
- rit Old Norse
- forrit Icelandic
- fylgirit Icelandic
- handrit Icelandic
- leikrit Icelandic
- ljósrit Icelandic
- reiknirit Icelandic
- rit Icelandic
- rithöfundur Icelandic
- ritröð Icelandic
- ritskoða Icelandic
- ritvél Icelandic
- tímarit Icelandic
- రైటరు Telugu
- room
- hand
- write
- writer
- unwrit
- cowriter
- writress
- handwrit
- writerly
- writless
- skywriter
- gagwriter
- writ-room
- nonwriter
- writeress
- writerish
- fanwriter
- writerdom
- copywriter
- signwriter
- writership
- typewriter
- newswriter
- writerless
- hymnwriter
- songwriter
- playwriter
- telewriter
- cyberwriter
- psalmwriter
- scorewriter
- hyperwriter
- writercraft
- ghostwriter
- checkwriter
- microwriter
- sketchwriter
- sportswriter
- screenwriter
- scriptwriter
- speechwriter
- chequewriter
- braillewriter