- ascribe
[ascribe 词源字典]
- ascribe: see scribe
[ascribe etymology, ascribe origin, 英语词源] - ascribe (v.)
- mid-14c., ascrive, from Old French ascrivre "to inscribe; attribute, impute," from Latin ascribere "to write in, to add to in a writing," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + scribere "to write" (see script (n.)). Spelling restored by 16c. Related: Ascribed; ascribing.