writen
Middle English
/ˈwriːtən/
verb
Definitions
- To write draw letters on paper to form words; note the following common specialised senses:
- To engrave, carve, or scratch
- To form words or letters via means other than drawing or engraving.
- (rare) To make one's signature or identifying symbol.
- (rare) To represent via means other than writing.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wrītan (write, engrave, incise, draw, scratch, bestow by writing, carve) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (carve, write).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wrītaną
Gloss
carve, write
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
書
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewrite English
- cowrite English
- enwrite English
- forewrite English
- handwrite English
- inwrite English
- miswrite English
- outwrite English
- overwrite English
- prewrite English
- rewrite English
- screenwrite English
- skywrite English
- sleepwrite English
- subwrite English
- underwrite English
- unwrite English
- writability English
- writable English
- write English
- write-down English
- write-up English
- writeback English
- writee English
- writer English
- writest English
- writeth English
- writethrough English
- writing English
- writo English
- Reißung German
- *wer- Proto-Indo-European
- *wrey- Proto-Indo-European
- *wrītaną Proto-Germanic
- rysować Polish
- bewritan Old English
- forewritan Old English
- forwritan Old English
- gewritan Old English
- miswritan Old English
- towritan Old English
- underwritan Old English
- writere Old English
- writing Old English
- wrītan Old English
- wrītere Old English
- writer Middle English
- ríta Old Norse
- rīzan Old High German
- rīzen Middle High German
- *wrītan gmw-pro
- *wrītan Old Dutch
- writen Middle Low German
- writan Old Saxon
- risati Slovene
- wrīta Old Frisian
- raitim Tok Pisin