köken: Inherited from Vulgar Latin *scrībānem (with later change of declension), accusative of Latin *scrība, from Latin scrība (“writer, scribe”), with altered declension. Compare Occitan escrivan, French écrivain, Spanish escribano. Doublet of scriba.
köken: First cited to 1924 in the novel Chijin no Ai (published in English as Naomi) by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki. Although often described as wasei eigo (和製英語), this appears to derive from the English phrase salaried man, which appears in print at least as early as 1828. Additionally, the English noun phrase “salary man” also predates the Japanese term. The resulting Japanese term was reimported into English…
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)bor. Latin burrus Latin burra Old French *bure Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Old French burel French bureau…
köken: Etymology tree Esperanto skribi Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Esperanto -isto Esperanto skribisto From skribi + -isto.