escritura

/eskɾiˈtuɾa/ · B1 · noun · f

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📜✍️ escrit(o) = written + -ura: what is written, same root as script, scripture

From Latin scriptura, from scribere, to write. Spanish escribir gives escrito (written), and -ura turns that into a noun. A legal deed is the thing written down and signed, and La Sagrada Escritura is Holy Scripture.

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